Definition of warrant

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Warrant (n.) A precept issued by a magistrate authorizing an officer to make an arrest, a seizure, or a search, or do other acts incident to the administration of justice..

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Branch :: Branch (n.) A warrant or commission given to a pilot, authorizing him to pilot vessels in certain waters..
Warrant :: Warrant (n.) To secure to, as a purchaser of goods, the title to the same; to indemnify against loss..
Vouch :: Vouch (v. t.) To call into court to warrant and defend, or to make good a warranty of title..
Relator :: Relator (n.) A private person at whose relation, or in whose behalf, the attorney-general allows an information in the nature of a quo warranto to be filed..
Warrant :: Warrant (n.) To support by authority or proof; to justify; to maintain; to sanction; as, reason warrants it..
Plevin :: Plevin (n.) A warrant or assurance.
Warrant :: Warrant (n.) An official certificate of appointment issued to an officer of lower rank than a commissioned officer. See Warrant officer, below..
Unwarranted :: Unwarranted (a.) Not warranted; being without warrant, authority, or guaranty; unwarrantable..
Del Credere :: Del credere () An agreement by which an agent or factor, in consideration of an additional premium or commission (called a del credere commission), engages, when he sells goods on credit, to insure, warrant, or guarantee to his principal the solvency of the purchaser, the engagement of the factor being to pay the debt himself if it is not punctually discharged by the buyer when it becomes due..
Executioner :: Executioner (n.) One who puts to death in conformity to legal warrant, as a hangman..
Cocket :: Cocket (n.) A customhouse seal; a certified document given to a shipper as a warrant that his goods have been duly entered and have paid duty.
Presume :: Presume (v. i.) To venture, go, or act, by an assumption of leave or authority not granted; to go beyond what is warranted by the circumstances of the case; to venture beyond license; to take liberties; -- often with on or upon before the ground of confidence..
Assumptive :: Assumptive (a.) Assumed, or capable of being assumed; characterized by assumption; making unwarranted claims..
Officer :: Officer (n.) Specifically, a commissioned officer, in distinction from a warrant officer..
Alguazil :: Alguazil (n.) An inferior officer of justice in Spain; a warrant officer; a constable.
Authorization :: Authorization (n.) The act of giving authority or legal power; establishment by authority; sanction or warrant.
Reasonless :: Reasonless (a.) Void of reason; not warranted or supported by reason; unreasonable.
Warrantable :: Warrantable (a.) Authorized by commission, precept, or right; justifiable; defensible; as, the seizure of a thief is always warrantable by law and justice; falsehood is never warrantable..
Warrandice :: Warrandice (n.) The obligation by which a person, conveying a subject or a right, is bound to uphold that subject or right against every claim, challenge, or burden arising from circumstances prior to the conveyance; warranty..
Warrant :: Warrant (n.) To give a warrant or warranty to; to assure as if by giving a warrant to.
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