Warrant ¹

Definition: 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 ²

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

Warrant ³

Definition: 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 ⁴

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

Warrant ⁵

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

Warrant ⁶

Definition: That which attests or proves; a voucher.

Warrant ⁷

Definition: Right; legality; allowance.

Warrant ⁸

Definition: 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 ⁹

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

Warrant ¹⁰

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

Warrant ¹¹

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

Warrant ¹²

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

Warrant ¹³

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

Warrant ¹⁴

Definition: 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 ¹⁵

Definition: a writ from a court commanding police to perform specified acts

warrant ¹⁶

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

warrant ¹⁷

Definition: formal and explicit approval; "a Democrat usually gets the union''s endorsement"

warrant ¹⁸

Definition: 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

warrant ¹⁹

Definition: stand behind and guarantee the quality, accuracy, or condition of; "The dealer warrants all the cars he sells"; "I warrant this information"

warrant ²⁰

Definition: show to be reasonable or provide adequate ground for; "The emergency does not warrant all of us buying guns"; "The end justifies the means"