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Recent Examples of writ
Mangione will have two weeks to apply for a writ of habeas corpus in order to challenge the extradition.
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Liam Quinn, People.com, 12 Dec. 2024
Gascón’s announcement comes more than a year after Erik and Lyle Menendez filed a writ of habeas corpus asking the court to vacate their 1996 conviction, citing new evidence.
—Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2024
Two countries have quit the court altogether, shaking belief in the inevitable, gradual expansion of The Hague’s writ.
—Eugene Kontorovich, The Atlantic, 27 Nov. 2024
The office's writs and appeals division, meanwhile, was combing through new evidence and questions surrounding evidence in the previous trials.
—Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 17 Oct. 2024
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Liam Quinn, People.com, 12 Dec. 2024
Gascón’s announcement comes more than a year after Erik and Lyle Menendez filed a writ of habeas corpus asking the court to vacate their 1996 conviction, citing new evidence.
—Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2024
Two countries have quit the court altogether, shaking belief in the inevitable, gradual expansion of The Hague’s writ.
—Eugene Kontorovich, The Atlantic, 27 Nov. 2024
The office's writs and appeals division, meanwhile, was combing through new evidence and questions surrounding evidence in the previous trials.
—Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 17 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for writ
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This development warrants attention for four reasons.Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
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One individual was arrested at the scene, though authorities clarified the bust was for a warrant unrelated to congestion pricing.Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 9 Jan. 2025
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Similarly, an instrument aboard NOAA’s JPSS-2 satellite, NOAA-21, took this picture also highlighting the hotspots from the fire and the length of the smoke plume extending out over the ocean.Meredith Garofalo, Space.com, 8 Jan. 2025
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Today’s early systems already require thousands of specialty parts, tools, and instruments; sophisticated fabrication and cryogenic facilities; and world-class mastery in dozens of technical areas, all supported by billions of dollars of investment in research and development.Charina Chou, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
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Detailing concerns over missing court filings, undelivered subpoenas and absent jury summonses, officials for the clerk's and district attorney's offices walked through the daily working relationship with Anderson and the logistical issues under his leadership.Hogan Gore, Austin American-Statesman, 5 July 2024
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The other hit a tree and was issued multiple summonses, authorities said.Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 4 Nov. 2024
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In 2012, the French investigative outlet Mediapart published a document allegedly from Libyan intelligence, claiming Gadhafi's regime agreed to contribute €50 million ($52 million) to Sarkozy's campaign.Natalie Venegas, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
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Some voters might be bothered that Pettitte admitted to using human growth hormone in 2002 and 2004 after his name surfaced in the Mitchell Report, a 409-page document Major League Baseball issued in December 2007 about players’ use of PEDs.Ken Rosenthal, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
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While traditional arrest warrants require an ascertainment that there is evidence a crime may have been committed, Peterson's capias warrant stems from his failure to appear in court over the issues.Gord Magill, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
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She was arrested and jailed on a civil order called a capias for repeatedly refusing Moukawsher’s orders requiring her to cooperate with a trustee appointed to close her law practice and prohibiting her from withdrawing money from a client account.Hartford Courant, Hartford Courant, 6 June 2022
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The opening page, featuring a photograph of the six pillars of the Temple of Jupiter viewed from the triad of arched windows fronting the Palmyra’s balcony, was printed on a sheet of pink paper.Youmna Melhem Chamieh, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
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After eight years of heated litigation, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt finally reached a divorce agreement, signing papers on Monday, Dec. 30, PEOPLE reported.Benjamin VanHoose, People.com, 31 Dec. 2024
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Attorneys for Jones did not respond to an email seeking comment about the subpoena.Matt Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2024
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The district attorney skipped the hearing, and the committee in October asked Ingram to require Willis to comply with the subpoenas.David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Dec. 2024
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The filing portrayed Trump as uniquely able to broker an accord that would keep TikTok operating while preserving national security.Sabrina Willmer and Greg Stohr Bloomberg News (TNS), arkansasonline.com, 5 Jan. 2025
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In the first quarter of 2024, Fund for Policy Reform, a non-profit founded and funded by Soros, donated $60 million to a liberal Super PAC, Democracy PAC, that backed the Democratic Party candidates during the 2024 election cycle, according to Federal Election Commission (FEC) filings.Filip Timotija, The Hill, 5 Jan. 2025
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“Writ.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/writ. Accessed 14 Jan. 2025.
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