warrant : Idioms & Phrases

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A power, letter, or warrant, of attorney

  • a written authority from one person empowering another to transact business for him.
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arrest warrant

  • noun a warrant authorizing law enforcement officials to apprehend an offender and bring that person to court
    arrest warrant.
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Bench warrant

  • noun a warrant authorizing law enforcement officials to apprehend an offender and bring that person to court
    arrest warrant.
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  • . (Law) See in the Vocabulary.
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Death warrant

  • noun a warrant to execute the death sentence
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  • . (a) (Law) An order from the proper authority for the execution of a criminal. (b) That which puts an end to expectation, hope, or joy.
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dividend warrant

  • noun an order of payment (such as a check payable to a shareholder) in which a dividend is paid
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Dock warrant

  • (Com.), a customhouse license or authority.
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General warrant

  • (Law), a warrant, now illegal, to apprehend suspected persons, without naming individuals.
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Land warrant

  • a certificate from the Land Office, authorizing a person to assume ownership of a public land. U.S.
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perpetual warrant

  • noun a warrant with no expiration date
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Search warrant

  • noun a warrant authorizing law enforcement officials to search for objects or people involved in the commission of a crime and to produce them in court; the warrant describes the locations where the officials may search
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  • (Law), a warrant legally issued, authorizing an examination or search of a house, or other place, for goods stolen, secreted, or concealed.
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stock warrant

  • noun a type of security issued by a corporation (usually together with a bond or preferred stock) that gives the holder the right to purchase a certain amount of common stock at a stated price
    warrant; stock warrant.
    • as a sweetener they offered warrants along with the fixed-income securities
  • noun a written certificate that gives the holder the right to purchase shares of a stock for a specified price within a specified period of time
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stock-purchase warrant

  • noun a type of security issued by a corporation (usually together with a bond or preferred stock) that gives the holder the right to purchase a certain amount of common stock at a stated price
    warrant; stock warrant.
    • as a sweetener they offered warrants along with the fixed-income securities
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subscription warrant

  • noun a warrant that expires on a stipulated date
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To back a warrant

  • (Law), is for a justice of the peace, in the county where the warrant is to be executed, to sign or indorse a warrant, issued in another county, to apprehend an offender.
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To serve a warrant

  • to read it, and seize the person against whom it is issued.
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Warrant of attorney

  • (Law), written authority given by one person to another empowering him to transact business for him; specifically, written authority given by a client to his attorney to appear for him in court, and to suffer judgment to pass against him by confession in favor of some specified person. Bouvier.
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Warrant officer

  • noun holds rank by virtue of a warrant
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  • a noncommissioned officer, as a sergeant, corporal, bandmaster, etc., in the army, or a quartermaster, gunner, boatswain, etc., in the navy.
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Warrant to sue and defend

  • . (a) (O. Eng. Law) A special warrant from the crown, authorizing a party to appoint an attorney to sue or defend for him. (b) A special authority given by a party to his attorney to commence a suit, or to appear and defend a suit in his behalf. This warrant is now disused. Burrill.
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