Order vs. Writ — What's the Difference?

The arrangement or disposition of people or things in relation to each other according to a particular sequence, pattern, or method

In common law, a writ (Anglo-Saxon gewrit, Latin breve) is a formal written order issued by a body with administrative or judicial jurisdiction; in modern usage, this body is generally a court. Warrants, prerogative writs, and subpoenas are common types of writ, but many forms exist and have existed.

An authoritative command or instruction

A form of written command in the name of a court or other legal authority to act, or abstain from acting, in a particular way

A particular social, political, or economic system

A piece or body of writing.

A society of monks, nuns, or friars living under the same religious, moral, and social regulations and discipline

Archaic past participle of write

The quality or nature of something

(Law) A written order issued by a court, commanding the party to whom it is addressed to perform or cease performing a specified act.

A principal taxonomic category that ranks below class and above family

Writings

Any of the five classical styles of architecture (Doric, Ionic, Corinthian, Tuscan, and Composite) based on the proportions of columns and the style of their decoration.

A past tense and a past participle of write.

Equipment or uniform for a specified purpose or of a specified type

(legal) A written order, issued by a court, ordering someone to do (or stop doing) something.

The degree of complexity of an equation, expression, etc., as denoted by an ordinal number.

Authority, power to enforce compliance.

Give an authoritative instruction to do something

(archaic) That which is written; writing.

Request (something) to be made, supplied, or served

(archaic) write

Arrange (something) in a methodical way

(archaic) write

A condition of logical or comprehensible arrangement among the separate elements of a group.

That which is written; writing; scripture; - applied especially to the Scriptures, or the books of the Old and New testaments; as, sacred writ.

A condition of methodical or prescribed arrangement among component parts such that proper functioning or appearance is achieved

An instrument in writing, under seal, in an epistolary form, issued from the proper authority, commanding the performance or nonperformance of some act by the person to whom it is directed; as, a writ of entry, of error, of execution, of injunction, of mandamus, of return, of summons, and the like.

Condition or state in general

(law) a legal document issued by a court or judicial officer

The established system of social organization

A condition in which freedom from disorder or disruption is maintained through respect for established authority

A sequence or arrangement of successive things

The prescribed form or customary procedure, as in a meeting or court of law

An authoritative indication to be obeyed; a command or direction.

A command given by a superior military officer requiring obedience, as in the execution of a task.

Orders Formal written instructions to report for military duty at a specified time and place.

A commission or instruction to buy, sell, or supply something.

That which is supplied, bought, or sold.

A request made by a customer at a restaurant for a portion of food.

The food requested.

(Law) A directive or command of a court.

Any of several grades of the Christian ministry

Often orders The rank of an ordained Christian minister or priest.

Often orders The sacrament or rite of ordination.

Any of the nine grades or choirs of angels.

A group of persons living under a religious rule

An organization of people united by a common fraternal bond or social aim.

A group of people upon whom a government or sovereign has formally conferred honor for unusual service or merit, entitling them to wear a special insignia

The insignia worn by such people.

Often orders A social class

A class defined by the common attributes of its members; a kind.

Degree of quality or importance; rank

Any of several styles of classical architecture characterized by the type of column and entablature employed. Of the five generally accepted classical orders, the Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian orders are Greek and the Tuscan and Composite orders are Roman.

A style of building

(Biology) A taxonomic category of organisms ranking above a family and below a class.

The sum of the exponents to which the variables in a term are raised; degree.

An indicated number of successive differentiations to be performed.

The number of elements in a finite group.

The number of rows or columns in a determinant or matrix.

To issue a command or instruction to

To direct to proceed as specified

To give a command or instruction for

To request to be supplied with

To put into a methodical, systematic arrangement

To predestine; ordain.

To give an order or orders; request that something be done or supplied.

(countable) Arrangement, disposition, or sequence.

(countable) A position in an arrangement, disposition, or sequence.

(uncountable) The state of being well arranged.

(countable) Conformity with law or decorum; freedom from disturbance; general tranquillity; public quiet.

(countable) A command.

(countable) A request for some product or service; a commission to purchase, sell, or supply goods.

(countable) A group of religious adherents, especially monks or nuns, set apart within their religion by adherence to a particular rule or set of principles.

(countable) An association of knights.

Any group of people with common interests.

(countable) A decoration, awarded by a government, a dynastic house, or a religious body to an individual, usually for distinguished service to a nation or to humanity.

A category in the classification of organisms, ranking below class and above family; a taxon at that rank.

A number of things or persons arranged in a fixed or suitable place, or relative position; a rank; a row; a grade; especially, a rank or class in society; a distinct character, kind, or sort.

(Christianity) An ecclesiastical rank or position, usually for the sake of ministry, when plural holy orders.

(architecture) The disposition of a column and its component parts, and of the entablature resting upon it, in classical architecture; hence (since the column and entablature are the characteristic features of classical architecture) a style or manner of architectural design.

(cricket) The sequence in which a side’s batsmen bat; the batting order.

(electronics) A power of polynomial function in an electronic circuit’s block, such as a filter, an amplifier, etc.

(chemistry) The overall power of the rate law of a chemical reaction, expressed as a polynomial function of concentrations of reactants and products.

(set theory) The cardinality, or number of elements in a set, group, or other structure regardable as a set.

For given group G and element g ∈ G, the smallest positive natural number n, if it exists, such that (using multiplicative notation), gⁿ = e, where e is the identity element of G; if no such number exists, the element is said to be of infinite order (or sometimes zero order).

(graph theory) The number of vertices in a graph.

(order theory) A partially ordered set.

(order theory) The relation on a partially ordered set that determines that it is, in fact, a partially ordered set.

(algebra) The sum of the exponents on the variables in a monomial, or the highest such among all monomials in a polynomial.

(finance) A written direction to furnish someone with money or property; compare money order, postal order.

(transitive) To set in some sort of order.

(transitive) To arrange, set in proper order.

(transitive) To issue a command to.

(transitive) To request some product or service; to secure by placing an order.

To admit to holy orders; to ordain; to receive into the ranks of the ministry.

Regular arrangement; any methodical or established succession or harmonious relation; method; system

Right arrangement; a normal, correct, or fit condition; as, the house is in order; the machinery is out of order.

The customary mode of procedure; established system, as in the conduct of debates or the transaction of business; usage; custom; fashion.

Conformity with law or decorum; freedom from disturbance; general tranquillity; public quiet; as, to preserve order in a community or an assembly.

That which prescribes a method of procedure; a rule or regulation made by competent authority; as, the rules and orders of the senate.

A command; a mandate; a precept; a direction.

Hence: A commission to purchase, sell, or supply goods; a direction, in writing, to pay money, to furnish supplies, to admit to a building, a place of entertainment, or the like; as, orders for blankets are large.

A number of things or persons arranged in a fixed or suitable place, or relative position; a rank; a row; a grade; especially, a rank or class in society; a group or division of men in the same social or other position; also, a distinct character, kind, or sort; as, the higher or lower orders of society; talent of a high order.

A body of persons having some common honorary distinction or rule of obligation; esp., a body of religious persons or aggregate of convents living under a common rule; as, the Order of the Bath; the Franciscan order.

An ecclesiastical grade or rank, as of deacon, priest, or bishop; the office of the Christian ministry; - often used in the plural; as, to take orders, or to take holy orders, that is, to enter some grade of the ministry.

The disposition of a column and its component parts, and of the entablature resting upon it, in classical architecture; hence (as the column and entablature are the characteristic features of classical architecture) a style or manner of architectural designing.

An assemblage of genera having certain important characters in common; as, the Carnivora and Insectivora are orders of Mammalia.

The placing of words and members in a sentence in such a manner as to contribute to force and beauty or clearness of expression.

Rank; degree; thus, the order of a curve or surface is the same as the degree of its equation.

To put in order; to reduce to a methodical arrangement; to arrange in a series, or with reference to an end. Hence, to regulate; to dispose; to direct; to rule.

To give an order to; to command; as, to order troops to advance.

To give an order for; to secure by an order; as, to order a carriage; to order groceries.

To admit to holy orders; to ordain; to receive into the ranks of the ministry.

To give orders; to issue commands.

(often plural) a command given by a superior (e.g., a military or law enforcement officer) that must be obeyed;

A degree in a continuum of size or quantity;

Established customary state (especially of society);

Logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements;

A condition of regular or proper arrangement;

A legally binding command or decision entered on the court record (as if issued by a court or judge);

A commercial document used to request someone to supply something in return for payment and providing specifications and quantities;

A formal association of people with similar interests;

A body of rules followed by an assembly

(usually plural) the status or rank or office of a Christian clergyman in an ecclesiastical hierarchy;

A group of person living under a religious rule;

(biology) taxonomic group containing one or more families

A request for food or refreshment (as served in a restaurant or bar etc.);

(architecture) one of original three styles of Greek architecture distinguished by the type of column and entablature used or a style developed from the original three by the Romans

Putting in order;

Give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority;

Make a request for something;

Issue commands or orders for

Bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations;

Bring order to or into;

Place in a certain order;

Appoint to a clerical posts;

Arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events, etc.;

Assign a rank or rating to;