Definition of warrants in English

Wiktionary

warrants (Noun)
Plural of warrant.

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warrants, verb, present, 3rd person singular of warrant (infinitive).
warrants, noun, plural of warrant.

WordNet

Noun Plural: warrants
warrant - a writ from a court commanding police to perform specified acts
		judicial writ, writ (law) a legal document issued by a court or judicial officer
		jurisprudence, law the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
		search warrant 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
		arrest warrant, bench warrant a warrant authorizing law enforcement officials to apprehend an offender and bring that person to court
		death warrant a warrant to execute the death sentence
		lettre de cachet, cachet a seal on a letter
		reprieve the act of reprieving; postponing or remitting punishment
		commutation the travel of a commuter
warrant - 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"
		stock warrant, stock-purchase warrant
		surety, security something clearly established
		perpetual warrant a warrant with no expiration date
warrant - formal and explicit approval; "a Democrat usually gets the union's endorsement"
		sanction, countenance, endorsement, indorsement, imprimatur
		commendation, approval a message expressing a favorable opinion; "words of approval seldom passed his lips"
		o.k., okay, okeh, okey, ok an endorsement; "they gave us the O.K. to go ahead"
		visa an endorsement made in a passport that allows the bearer to enter the country issuing it
warrant - a written assurance that some product or service will be provided or will meet certain specifications
		guarantee, warrantee, warranty
		assurance, pledge freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities; "his assurance in his superiority did not make him popular"; "after that failure he lost his confidence"; "she spoke with authority"
		surety, security something clearly established
		deposit the act of putting something somewhere

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Wiktionary

warrant (Noun)
A protector or defender.
warrant (Noun)
Authorization or certification; sanction, as given by a superior.
warrant (Noun)
Something that provides assurance or confirmation; a guarantee or proof: a warrant of authenticity; a warrant for success.
warrant (Noun)
An order that serves as authorization, especially: A voucher authorizing payment or receipt of money.
warrant (Noun)
A judicial writ authorizing an officer to make a search, seizure, or arrest or to execute a judgment.
warrant (Noun)
A warrant officer.
warrant (Noun)
A certificate of appointment given to a warrant officer.
warrant (Noun)
An option, usually with a term at issue greater than a year, usually issued together with another security, to buy other securities of the issuer.
warrant (Noun)
A Warrant of Fitness; a document certifying that a motor vehicle meets certain standards of safety and mechanical soundness.
warrant (Verb)
To protect, keep safe from danger.
warrant (Verb)
To guarantee something to be of a specified quality, value etc..
warrant (Verb)
To give someone a guarantee or assurance of something; also, with double object, to guarantee someone something.
warrant (Verb)
To authorize; to give someone warrant or sanction to do something.
warrant (Verb)
To justify; to give grounds for.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

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.
warrant (n.)
A writing which authorizes a person to receive money or other thing.
warrant (n.)
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.
warrant (n.)
An official certificate of appointment issued to an officer of lower rank than a commissioned officer. See Warrant officer, below.
warrant (n.)
That which vouches or insures for anything; guaranty; security.
warrant (n.)
That which attests or proves; a voucher.
warrant (n.)
Right; legality; allowance.
warrant (n.)
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.
warrant (n.)
To support by authority or proof; to justify; to maintain; to sanction; as, reason warrants it.
warrant (n.)
To give a warrant or warranty to; to assure as if by giving a warrant to.
warrant (n.)
To secure to, as a grantee, an estate granted; to assure.
warrant (n.)
To secure to, as a purchaser of goods, the title to the same; to indemnify against loss.
warrant (n.)
To secure to, as a purchaser, the quality or quantity of the goods sold, as represented. See Warranty, n., 2.
warrant (n.)
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.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

warrant
A guarantee by a seller to a buyer that in the event of a product requiring repair or remedy of a problem within a certain period after its purchase, the seller will repair the problem at no cost to the buyer.

Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵

warrant
A writ of authority, inferior to a commission; in former days it was the name given to the deed conferring power on those officers appointed by the navy board, while those granted by the admiralty were styled commissions. Also, a document, under proper authority, for the assembling of a court-martial, punishment, execution, &c. Also, a tabulated regulation for cutting standing and running rigging, as well as for supply of general stores, as warranted by the admiralty.--Brown-paper warrants. Those given by a captain, and which he can cancel.

Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥

warrant
A certificate of rank issued by commissioned officers. See OFFICERS, WARRANT-.
warrant
In Great Britain, is a royal ordinance on any matter relating to the army.