What does WOA stand for?

Writs of Assistance

This definition appears very rarely

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Samples in periodicals archive:

89) Prominent Americans repeatedly argued against the writs of assistance on the ground that they violated people's security.

The end of privacy

As such, the Protect America Act sends us back in the direction of the writs of assistance (general search warrants) granted by British authorities under King George III.

To protect America, protect privacy: with President Bush seeking to ...

History would oblige, or so Adams would assert; to his mind, "the child Independence was born" not with the Stamp Act, but in a 1761 courtroom hearing at which Adams argued against the writs of assistance.

Thin-Skinned Founding Father-And a Great Junk-Bond Salesman