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writ-room

writ-room noun: a room where writs, writings, or written records are housed or kept; a law library.

Noun

writ-room (plural writ-rooms)

  1. A room where writs, writings, or written records are housed or kept; a law library.
    • I have two Assistants in the same Office with myself, and one in the large Writ Room behind. Every Document more than a year old, except Declarations, is kept in the Writ Room.1842, House of Commons papers - Volume 23 - Page 35
    • At the same time Vera, Robertson and Quiroz were emptying the writ room of all its contents.1997, Ronald Wayne Robinson, Prison Hostage: The Siege of the Walls Prison in Huntsville, Texas - Page vii

Forms of writ-room

pluralwrit-rooms
alternative formwrit room
alternative formwritroom

Origin of writ-room

From writ + room.

Questions about writ-room

What does writ-room mean?
Writ-room means a room where writs, writings, or written records are housed or kept; a law library.
What part of speech is writ-room?
Writ-room is a noun.
What is the plural of writ-room?
The plural of writ-room is writ-rooms.

Words near writ-room in the dictionary

  1. writ of prohibition
  2. writ of right
  3. writ of summons
  4. writ small
  5. writ up
  6. writ-room
  7. writ-rooms
  8. writability
  9. writable
  10. writation
  11. writative

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