warrant Synonyms

warrant Meaning

Wordnet

warrant (n)

a writ from a court commanding police to perform specified acts

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

formal and explicit approval

a written assurance that some product or service will be provided or will meet certain specifications

Wordnet

warrant (v)

provide adequate grounds to justify (a certain course of action)

stand behind and guarantee the quality, accuracy, or condition of

Webster

warrant (n.)

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.

A writing which authorizes a person to receive money or other thing.

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.

An official certificate of appointment issued to an officer of lower rank than a commissioned officer. See officer, below.

That which vouches or insures for anything; guaranty; security.

That which attests or proves; a voucher.

Right; legality; allowance.

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.

To support by authority or proof; to justify; to maintain; to sanction; as, reason warrants it.

To give a warrant or warranty to; to assure as if by giving a warrant to.

To secure to, as a grantee, an estate granted; to assure.

To secure to, as a purchaser of goods, the title to the same; to indemnify against loss.

To secure to, as a purchaser, the quality or quantity of the goods sold, as represented. See Warranty, n., 2.

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.

warrant Sentence Examples

  1. The police obtained a warrant to search the suspect's house for evidence.
  2. The judge issued a warrant for the arrest of the fugitive.
  3. The warrant was executed by a team of SWAT officers.
  4. Without a warrant, the police lacked the authority to search the premises.
  5. The search warrant specified the items that could be seized during the search.
  6. The suspect was arrested pursuant to a valid warrant.
  7. The warrant was challenged in court, but it was upheld by the judge.
  8. The warrantless search was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.
  9. The law enforcement officer presented a warrant when entering the property.
  10. The prosecutor requested a warrant for the defendant's electronic communications.

FAQs About the word warrant

a writ from a court commanding police to perform specified acts, a type of security issued by a corporation (usually together with a bond or preferred stock) th

authorization, consent,permission, clearance, concurrence, leave, allowance, signature, green light, sanction

injunction, rejection, rejection, revocation, revocation, prohibition, denial, injunction, denial, refusal

The police obtained a warrant to search the suspect's house for evidence.

The judge issued a warrant for the arrest of the fugitive.

The warrant was executed by a team of SWAT officers.

Without a warrant, the police lacked the authority to search the premises.