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warrant

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warrant
I (authorization) noun auctoritas, authority, brevet, charter, commission, credentials, license, mandatum, permission, permit, potestas, power, sanction, voucher associated concepts: warrant of attorney II (guaranty) noun agreement, assurance, authentication, covenant, pledge, promise, security, surety, warranty III (judicial writ) noun certificate, decree, edict, judicial authorization, judicial order, legal process, mandate of a court, order, process, subpoena, summons associated concepts: arrest warrant, bench warrant, dispossess warrant, fugitive warrant, search warrant, tax warrant, warrant of attachment, warrant of commitment IV index affirm (uphold), allow (authorize), assure (insure), authorize, avouch (guarantee), award, basis, bear (adduce), bind (obligate), bond, bond (secure a debt), brevet, canon, capacity (authority), certificate, certify (attest), charge (empower), citation (charge), claim (maintain), commitment (responsibility), concession (authorization), confirmation, consent (noun), consent (verb), contend (maintain), corroborate, coverage (insurance), delegate, delegation (assignment), direction (order), dispensation (exception), draft, droit, empower, ensure, fiat, grant (concede), guarantee, guaranty, indorsement, injunction, justify, leave (permission), let (permit), license, monition (legal summons), order, permit (noun), permit (verb), pledge (promise the performance of), power, precept, prerogative, privilege, promise (vow), proof, reassure, requirement, right (entitlement), sponsor, subscribe (promise), surety (certainty), undertaking (pledge), uphold, validate, verify (swear), vouch, vow, witness (attest to)

Burton's Legal Thesaurus. . 2006


warrant
n.
A written order issued by some authority directing someone to do a certain act, particularly an order issued by the state directing a law enforcement officer to arrest someone.
v.
(1) To justify; to make necessary.
(2) To guarantee or confirm; to affirm that a title is good; to confirm that something is as it is represented.
See also search warrant

The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. . 2008.


warrant
Category: Criminal Law
Category: Small Claims Court & Lawsuits

Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary. . 2009.

warrant
An instrument or contract issued by a company entitling the holder to purchase (call) or sell (put) debt or equity securities of the same or another (probably related) company at a fixed price at some future date or dates. In order to be able to enter such a contract, the company must authorise the issue of warrants in its articles of association. Table A does not do so.
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USA
A right, but not an obligation, to acquire securities (typically equity securities) from the issuer at a set price (or a price to be calculated in accordance with a set formula) and during a specified period. Warrants are often issued in connection with new debt securities (debt security) or preferred stock as an inducement for potential investors.

Practical Law Dictionary. Glossary of UK, US and international legal terms. . 2010.


warrant
n.
1 An order in writing from a competent authority instructing that a certain act be carried out.
2 In commercial and property law, a warrant also refers to a guarantee that a property being sold or transferred meets certain specified criteria.
@ arrest warrant
A court order directing that a certain person be taken into custody by the sheriff or other law officer and made to appear before the court to answer a complaint, or for some other reason.
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@ bench warrant
An arrest warrant issued specifically by a judge for a person who has failed to appear before a court after previously having been summoned to do so, or who has been indicted for an offense or found to be in contempt of court.
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@ death warrant
A warrant issued by a governor or other person with authority, commanding that a prisoner under sentence of death be put to death at a certain time and in a certain manner.
n. A warrant signed by an appropriate official, such as the governor of a state, directing that a sentence of execution be carried out.
=> warrant.
@ general warrant
A warrant used by the government to search a described premises and seize any proscribed substances not described in the warrant. This type of warrant has been held unconstitutional by the Supreme Court as violating the Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution, except in cases where the seized items are in plain sight.
=> warrant.
@ stock warrant
A certificate entitling the bearer to buy a certain number of shares of stock at a specified time for a set price.
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Webster's New World Law Dictionary. . 2000.


warrant
A written order issued by a judicial officer or other authorized person commanding a law enforcement officer to perform some act incident to the administration of justice.

Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.


warrant
I
A written order issued by a judicial officer or other authorized person commanding a law enforcement officer to perform some act incident to the administration of justice.
 II Most commonly, a court order authorizing law enforcement officers to make an arrest or conduct a search. An application seeking a warrant must be accompanied by an affidavit which establishes probable cause by detailing the facts upon which the request is based.

Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.

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