In English common law, a writ 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 writs but innumerable forms exist, as listed in Palgrave's Parliamentary Writs (1827, 1834). In its earliest form a writ was simply a written order made by the English monarch to a specified person to undertake a specified action, for example in the feudal era a military summons by the king to one of his tenants-in-chief to appear dressed for battle with retinue at a certain place and time. An early usage survives in the United Kingdom in a writ of election which is a written order issued on behalf of the monarch to High Sheriffs of every county to hold a general election. Writs were used by the mediaeval English kings to summon persons to Parliament (then consisting of House of Lords alone) whose advice was considered valuable or who were particularly influential, who were thereby deemed to have been created "barons by writ".

WRIT-FM (95.7 FM) is a radio station in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, owned by iHeartMedia branded as "BIG FM". The station carries a mix of traditional oldies featuring music from the 1960s-1970s, along with many tracks from the 1980s. Its studios are located in the Milwaukee suburb of Greenfield and the transmitter site is located along Capitol Drive on Milwaukee's North Side.