a writ from a court commanding police to perform specified acts
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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
<noun.possession> as a sweetener they offered warrants along with the fixed-income securities
formal and explicit approval
<noun.communication> a Democrat usually gets the union's endorsement
a written assurance that some product or service will be provided or will meet certain specifications
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show to be reasonable or provide adequate ground for
Warrant \War"rant\, n. [OE. warant, OF. warant a warrant, a defender, protector, F. garant, originally a p. pr. pf German origin, fr. OHG. wer[=e]n to grant, warrant, G. gew["a]hren; akin to OFries. wera. Cf. {Guarantee}.] 1. That which warrants or authorizes; a commission giving authority, or justifying the doing of anything; an act, instrument, or obligation, by which one person authorizes another to do something which he has not otherwise a right to do; an act or instrument investing one with a right or authority, and thus securing him from loss or damage; commission; authority. Specifically: (a) A writing which authorizes a person to receive money or other thing. (b) (Law) 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. (c) (Mil. & Nav.) An official certificate of appointment issued to an officer of lower rank than a commissioned officer. See {Warrant officer}, below.
2. That which vouches or insures for anything; guaranty; security.
I give thee warrant of thy place. --Shak.
His worth is warrant for his welcome hither. --Shak.
3. That which attests or proves; a voucher.
4. Right; legality; allowance. [Obs.] --Shak.
{Bench warrant}. (Law) See in the Vocabulary.
{Dock warrant} (Com.), a customhouse license or authority.
{General warrant}. (Law) See under {General}.
{Land warrant}. See under {Land}.
{Search warrant}. (Law) See under {Search}, n.
{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.
{Warrant officer}, a noncommissioned officer, as a sergeant, corporal, bandmaster, etc., in the army, or a quartermaster, gunner, boatswain, etc., in the navy.
{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.
Warrant \War"rant\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Warranted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Warranting}.] [OE. waranten, OF. warantir, garantir, guarantir, garentir, garandir, F. garantir to warrant, fr. OF. warant, garant, guarant, a warrant, a protector, a defender, F. garant. [root]142. See {Warrant}, n.] 1. To make secure; to give assurance against harm; to guarantee safety to; to give authority or power to do, or forbear to do, anything by which the person authorized is secured, or saved harmless, from any loss or damage by his action.
That show I first my body to warrant. --Chaucer.
I'll warrant him from drowning. --Shak.
In a place Less warranted than this, or less secure, I can not be. --Milton.
2. To support by authority or proof; to justify; to maintain; to sanction; as, reason warrants it.
True fortitude is seen in great exploits, That justice warrants, and that wisdom guides. --Addison.
How little while it is since he went forth out of his study, -- chewing a Hebrew text of Scripture in his mouth, I warrant. --Hawthorne.
3. To give a warrant or warranty to; to assure as if by giving a warrant to.
[My neck is] as smooth as silk, I warrant ye. --L' Estrange.
4. (Law) (a) To secure to, as a grantee, an estate granted; to assure. (b) To secure to, as a purchaser of goods, the title to the same; to indemnify against loss. (c) To secure to, as a purchaser, the quality or quantity of the goods sold, as represented. See {Warranty}, n., 2. (d) To assure, as a thing sold, to the purchaser; that is, to engage that the thing is what it appears, or is represented, to be, which implies a covenant to make good any defect or loss incurred by it.
Attorney \At*tor"ney\, n.; pl. {Attorneys}. [OE. aturneye, OF. atorn['e], p. p. of atorner: cf. LL. atturnatus, attornatus, fr. attornare. See {Attorn}.] 1. A substitute; a proxy; an agent. [Obs.]
And will have no attorney but myself. --Shak.
2. (Law) (a) One who is legally appointed by another to transact any business for him; an attorney in fact. (b) A legal agent qualified to act for suitors and defendants in legal proceedings; an attorney at law.
Note: An attorney is either public or private. A private attorney, or an attorney in fact, is a person appointed by another, by a letter or power of attorney, to transact any business for him out of court; but in a more extended sense, this class includes any agent employed in any business, or to do any act in pais, for another. A public attorney, or attorney at law, is a practitioner in a court of law, legally qualified to prosecute and defend actions in such court, on the retainer of clients. --Bouvier. -- The attorney at law answers to the procurator of the civilians, to the solicitor in chancery, and to the proctor in the ecclesiastical and admiralty courts, and all of these are comprehended under the more general term lawyer. In Great Britain and in some states of the United States, attorneys are distinguished from counselors in that the business of the former is to carry on the practical and formal parts of the suit. In many states of the United States however, no such distinction exists. In England, since 1873, attorneys at law are by statute called solicitors.
{A power}, {letter}, or {warrant}, {of attorney}, a written authority from one person empowering another to transact business for him.
Gayle Turenne, 31, was charged Wednesday in a warrant with one count of possession of cocaine, said Lt.
The notes would include a 15% interest coupon payable in notes for two years and semi-annual cash payments thereafter. Each bond also would contain a detachable warrant to buy 80.44 common shares at $2.25 a share and would expire in 1997.
Each warrant initially will represent $50 of currency and is expected to be priced between $3.25 and $3.75.
The company source said the decision to send the tankers to Kuwait reflected a belief by U.S. and Kuwaiti officials that the minefield was clear and the missile threat was not serious enough to warrant further delays.
Each warrant will entitle the holder to acquire a unit consisting of one common share of Potash Corp. currently owned by the Saskatchewan government and one half common share purchase warrant.
Each warrant will entitle the holder to acquire a unit consisting of one common share of Potash Corp. currently owned by the Saskatchewan government and one half common share purchase warrant.
Police obtained an arrest warrant for Caroline Winfield on a charge of child abduction because Kimberly is a ward of the state, said Chicago police Lt.
For every two ordinary shares bought, investors will receive one free warrant permitting them to convert one savings share into an ordinary share.
"We will immediately begin pursuing a federal warrant for unlawful flight," Johnson said. "He is from the Bahamas, he has family there." If Darville is found in the Bahamas, extradition could be a lengthy process, Johnson said.
An Army warrant officer court-martialed for espionage may have critically damaged several electronic surveillance operations aimed at the Soviet bloc, The New York Times reported in Sunday editions.
An arrest warrant accusing Gerald Thomas Lampkins of practicing medicine without a license _ and listing more than six aliases _ was filed last Feb. 12.
They seized a computer and left an arrest warrant.
"A search warrant is a very blunt instrument."
They are not permitted to trade in equity-related secondary markets -equities, convertible bonds or warrant bonds.
In Boise, prosecutors said they had begun drafting documents needed for Gov. Cecil Andrus to issue a formal warrant asking Utah Gov. Norm Bangerter to return the Tuinmans to Idaho.
The exchange already has introduced several products of this kind including Nikkei Stock Average, Financial Times-Stock Exchange warrants and a Deutsche Mark foreign currency warrant.
He had not been charged with murder, but a warrant was issued for his arrest on narcotics charges.
'My view is that warrant investors may expect a better performance in 1995.
The deputies, armed with a search warrant, raided the house after they saw a man moving packages they believed contained cocaine into the station wagon, he said.
Parts of seven states, where more than half of Peru's people live, are now under emergency decrees that suspend the right of free travel and assembly and permit searches without warrant and detention without charges.
Grigoryants said they wanted to search the office but did not have a warrant.
That was also the charge in the now-expired warrant against Ms. Duemlein.
Three people were arrested in a raid on the house last Thursday, and a warrant was issued for Robert Daniels' arrest, Sorrentino said.
He has challenged an arrest warrant in the courts. Already government ministers are suggesting the decree can be altered in parliament - especially that part saying crimes such as corruption against the state do not warrant preventive detention.
He has challenged an arrest warrant in the courts. Already government ministers are suggesting the decree can be altered in parliament - especially that part saying crimes such as corruption against the state do not warrant preventive detention.
Warre Wetstein of Toronto was named in the arrest warrant.
On reading Mr. Fitts's editorial, the legislators signed a warrant for his arrest on the criminal-libel charge, which carries a maximum penalty of a year in prison and a $5,000 fine.
Martinez signed the most recent warrant Tuesday after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear the case.
EPA Administrator William Reilly said although the test results were only preliminary, the levels found were high enough to warrant nationwide testing of school buildings.
James A. Moss, Mr. Atkins's lawyer, said, "It remains for the government to elaborate on its theory of how the alleged co-conspirators warrant that status."