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Josh Reiss, chief of the Post-Conviction Writs Division with the Harris County District Attorney’s Office in Houston, called Brown’s last-minute appeals a delay tactic.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 8, 2023

Ben Wolff, the director of the state’s Office of Capital and Forensic Writs, a public defender’s office that represents Mr. Escobar, said Mr. Garza deserved praise for his willingness to keep an open mind.

From New York Times • Oct. 24, 2022

Writs for the vacant seats in West Yorkshire and Devon were issued by the government's chief whip at the start of House of Commons business on Tuesday.

From BBC • May 17, 2022

Under the All Writs Act, federal courts can issue certain orders “necessary or appropriate in aid of their respective jurisdictions.”

From Washington Post • Sep. 7, 2021

Writs of Assistants considered to be the commencement of trouble with Great Britain, 191, xvi.

From Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams During the Revolution with a Memoir of Mrs. Adams by Adams, Abigail