Writ (Noun)- a formal written document; specifically : a legal instrument in epistolary form issued under seal in the name of the English monarch

“Successful collaborations are like democracy writ small. Members of a civil society expect to have individual freedoms and opportunities, but in order to exercise and protect those rights, they need to participate in the larger social system.” (Why Collaborate?” by Ellen Lupton)

The term means that something is written in the term of protecting those of its audience.

~An example would be: Our writ to freedom of speech is seen in the Constitution.