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n

A written order by a judge authorizing the examination of a specified place and the seizing of evidence found there. See also warrant.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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