warrant
war·rant (wôr′ənt, wär′-)
noun
- authorization or sanction, as by a superior or the law
- justification or reasonable grounds for some act, course, statement, or belief
- something that serves as an assurance, or guarantee, of some event or result
- a writing serving as authorization or certification for something; specif.,
- authorization in writing for the payment or receipt of money
- a short-term note issued by a municipality or other governmental agency, usually in anticipation of tax revenues
- an option issued by a company granting the holder the right to buy certain securities, generally common stock, at a specified price and usually for a limited time
- Law a writ or order authorizing an officer to make an arrest, seizure, or search, or perform some other designated act
- Mil. the certificate of appointment to the grade of warrant officer
Etymology: ME warant < NormFr (OFr garant), a warrant < Frank *warand < prp. of *warjan; akin to OE werian, to guard, defend: see weir
transitive verb
- to give (someone) authorization or sanction to do something
- to authorize (the doing of something)
- to serve as justification or reasonable grounds for (an act, belief, etc.) a remark that did not warrant such anger
- to give formal assurance, or guarantee, to (someone) or for (something); specif.,
- to guarantee the quality, quantity, condition, etc. of (goods) to the purchaser
- to guarantee to (the purchaser) that goods sold are as represented
- to guarantee to (the purchaser) the title of goods purchased; assure of indemnification against loss
- Law to guarantee the title of granted property to (the grantee)
- Informal to state with confidence; affirm emphatically I warrant they'll be late
warrant
n.
warrant
v.
n
- An order in writing from a competent authority instructing that a certain act be carried out.
- 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
bench warrant
death warrant
general warrant
stock warrant
Object
- accuracy: We do not warrant the accuracy or completeness of such information.
- investigation: Do they not warrant a full investigation of how he died, following the intervention of three NHS Trusts?
Converse of object
- execute: PACE provides them with several other powers: To execute a warrant of arrest or commitment.
- suspend: If accepted, this will suspend the warrant so long as you keep up-to-date with the agreed payments.
- withdraw: Two MCCs withdrew old breach warrants ( more than 12 months ).
Adjective modifier
- covered: Is there a minimum order volume in covered warrants?
- eu-wide: The purpose of EU-wide arrest warrants was to help speed up extradition proceedings between members of the EU.
- royal: This still showed the sealed can, as well as two royal warrants ( to the King and Queen ).
- biblical: As someone has said: " This is a plain biblical warrant for a life assurance policy.
Modifies a noun
- Friday: Might be the bench warrant friday gets quot bob competing at the.
- Wednesday: Search warrants wednesday four of a. Another firm recently believe a word these wraps include.
Noun used with modifier
- interception: ISPs can be forced to install equipment to support interception warrants.
- arrest: Cohen filed a motion to vacate the arrest warrant, citing the threat to human life.
- extradition: To see him arrested again on an extradition warrant beggars belief.
- bench: Might be the bench warrant friday gets quot bob competing at the.
- search: Even with a search warrant, they still cannot forcibly enter your house.
- death: In 1661, the judges who had signed the death warrant of Charles I of England were pursued by Charles II.
Preposition: of
- execution: If he issues a warrant of execution, the bailiff cannot levy on tools of the trade or on the van.
- arrest: PACE provides them with several other powers: To execute a warrant of arrest or commitment.
Preposition: for
- arrest: Background: A warrant for the arrest of Andrew Regan was issued on 8 October 1999.
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