Sentence examples for under the writ from inspiring English sources
Fidelity to our values is the reason why the United States of America grew from a small string of colonies under the writ of an empire to the strongest nation in the world.
Google UK has told us that we'll have to talk to Google US to find out whether we too have fallen under the writ of excommunication.
It was the fourth and final in a series of federal briefs filed under the writ of habeas corpus by Pepper and Dusek beginning in October 2010.
On February 13, Marshall held that the Supreme Court had jurisdiction to issue the writ under Article Three and § 14.
The writ was issued under the Great Seal of the Realm and required "the elected and qualified apprentices of the law to take the state and degree of a Serjeant-at-Law".
You and any officer acting under your authority are hereby authorized to suspend the writ of habeas corpus in any place between that place and the city of Washington".
This expansion was controversial and, under Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, the Court later restricted the availability of the writ.
The court has considered the petition for writ of quo warranto, writ of mandamus, prohibition or such other writ the court deems appropriate under its all writs authority and alternative emergency petition for writ of mandamus, and the writ is denied without prejudice to any party raising any issue presented in the writ in any future proceeding.
The writ mirrors those that Baltasar Garzón, a crusading Spanish magistrate, once used to investigate atrocities committed under Argentina's juntas and Chile's dictator, General Pinochet.
Under the Electoral Act, the commission is not allowed to refer the Ferny Grove count to the court before the writ is returned.
