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- Dictionarywarrant/ˈwɒrənt/
noun
- 1. a document issued by a legal or government official authorizing the police or another body to make an arrest, search premises, or carry out some other action relating to the administration of justice: "magistrates issued a warrant for his arrest" Similar
- 2. justification or authority for an action, belief, or feeling: "there is no warrant for this assumption" Similar
verb
- 1. justify or necessitate (a course of action): "the employees feel that industrial action is warranted" Similar
- 2. officially affirm or guarantee: "the vendor warrants the accuracy of the report" Similar
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an official document, signed by a judge or other person in authority, that gives the police permission to search someone's home, arrest a person, or take some other action: a search warrant. Judge La Riva had issued an arrest warrant/a warrant for his arrest. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
The meaning of WARRANT is sanction, authorization; also : evidence for or token of authorization. How to use warrant in a sentence.
to give a formal assurance, or a guarantee or promise, to or for; guarantee: to warrant someone honorable treatment; to warrant payment; to warrant safe delivery. to guarantee the quantity, quality, and other representations of (an article, product, etc.), as to a purchaser.
A warrant is a legal document that allows someone to do something, especially one that is signed by a judge or magistrate and gives the police permission to arrest someone or search their house.
WARRANT meaning: 1. to make a particular activity necessary: 2. used to say that you are certain about something…. Learn more.
n. 1. An order that serves as authorization, especially: a. Law A judicial writ authorizing the search or seizure of property, arrest of a person, or the execution of a legal judgment. b. A voucher authorizing payment or receipt of money. c. An option to buy stock at a specified price from an issuing company. 2. a.
As a verb, it means to make something seem reasonable or necessary, such as when the ticking suitcase warrants bringing in the bomb squad, or when the teenager's sneaking in late again warrants a stricter curfew.
/ˈwɒrənt/ /ˈwɔːrənt/ [countable] a legal document that is signed by a judge and gives the police authority to do something. an arrest warrant. warrant for something They issued a warrant for her arrest. warrant to do something They had a warrant to search the house. see also death warrant, search warrant. Extra Examples. Topics Law and justice c1.
an official document that allows someone to do something, for example that allows a police officer to search a building: The police have a warrant for his arrest. See also. search warrant.
noun. warrants. An order that serves as authorization, especially: American Heritage. Similar definitions. Justification or reasonable grounds for some act, course, statement, or belief. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Authorization or sanction, as by a superior or the law. Webster's New World. Similar definitions.
