Writ'ing, n.
(rit'ing), n. 1. The act or art of forming letters and characters on paper, wood, stone, or other material, for the purpose of recording the ideas which characters and words express, or of communicating them to others by visible signs.
Sense 2. Any thing written or expressed in letters; as, (a.) Any legal instrument, as a deed, a receipt, a bond, an agreement, or the like. (b.) Any written composition; a pamphlet; a work; a literary production; a book; as, the writings of Addison. (c.) An inscription.
The writing was, “Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews.” John xix. 19.
Writing obligatory (Law), a bond.