'Warrant' definitions:

Definition of 'warrant'

(from WordNet)
noun
A writ from a court commanding police to perform specified acts
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; "as a sweetener they offered warrants along with the fixed-income securities" [syn: warrant, stock warrant, stock-purchase warrant]
noun
Formal and explicit approval; "a Democrat usually gets the union's endorsement" [syn: sanction, countenance, endorsement, indorsement, warrant, imprimatur]
noun
A written assurance that some product or service will be provided or will meet certain specifications [syn: guarantee, warrant, warrantee, warranty]
verb
Show to be reasonable or provide adequate ground for; "The emergency does not warrant all of us buying guns"; "The end justifies the means" [syn: justify, warrant]
verb
Stand behind and guarantee the quality, accuracy, or condition of; "The dealer warrants all the cars he sells"; "I warrant this information" [syn: guarantee, warrant]

Definition of 'Warrant'

From: GCIDE
  • 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[aum]hren; akin to OFries. wera. Cf. Guarantee.] [1913 Webster]
  • 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: [1913 Webster] (a) A writing which authorizes a person to receive money or other thing. [1913 Webster] (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. [1913 Webster] (c) (Mil. & Nav.) An official certificate of appointment issued to an officer of lower rank than a commissioned officer. See Warrant officer, below. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. That which vouches or insures for anything; guaranty; security. [1913 Webster]
  • I give thee warrant of thy place. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • His worth is warrant for his welcome hither. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. That which attests or proves; a voucher. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. Right; legality; allowance. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Warrant'

From: GCIDE
  • 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.] [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • That show I first my body to warrant. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • I'll warrant him from drowning. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • In a place Less warranted than this, or less secure, I can not be. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To support by authority or proof; to justify; to maintain; to sanction; as, reason warrants it. [1913 Webster]
  • True fortitude is seen in great exploits, That justice warrants, and that wisdom guides. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To give a warrant or warranty to; to assure as if by giving a warrant to. [1913 Webster]
  • [My neck is] as smooth as silk, I warrant ye. --L' Estrange. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'warrant'

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Words containing 'Warrant'