Definition of Warrant

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Warrant

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 Warrant 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.

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Warrant Quotations

Religion is a matter of the heart. No physical inconvenience can warrant abandonment of one's own religion.
Mohandas Gandhi

One unerring mark of the love of truth is not entertaining any proposition with greater assurance than the proofs it is built upon will warrant.
John Locke

My bed isn't made, I'm tired, I haven't slept well for two weeks. I haven't been laid in a month. I don't have a girlfriend. I have a warrant for my arrest.
Layne Staley

The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others. His own good, either physical or moral, is not sufficient warrant.
John Stuart Mill

There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.
Andre Gide

Early this morning, I signed my death warrant.
Michael Collins

Opinions differ most when there is least scientific warrant for having any.
Daisy Bates

If you are a pop band, don't say you're a metal band. Poison and Warrant were about as metal as the Backstreet Boys.
Geezer Butler

There are many artists that I present that I admit I like less than I do others. But I think that they warrant being presented by my own, personal standards.
Norman Granz

And indeed, last week, the FBI executed a search warrant on my residence. This happened one day after my attorneys had left a message on the lead FBI investigator's voice mail confirming my continued readiness to answer questions and otherwise cooperate.
Steven Hatfill

Warrant Translations

warrant in Afrikaans is waarborg
warrant in Dutch is borg staan voor, garanderen
warrant in Finnish is taata
warrant in French is garantir, cautionner
warrant in Italian is mandato di cattura
warrant in Swedish is fullmakt, garantera

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