WARRANT - An official order authorizing
a specific act, such as an arrest or the search of
someone's home. A written order directing the arrest
of a party. A search warrant orders that a specific
location be searched for items, which if found, can
be used in court as evidence. (2) A long-term option
that guarantees the right to purchase a stated number
of shares of common stock in a company at a specified
(exercise) price.
A writ issued by a justice of the peace or other
authorized officer, directed to a constable or other
proper person, requiring him to arrest a person therein
named, charged with committing some offence, and to
bring him before that or some other justice of the
peace.
It should regularly be made under the hand and seal
of the justice and dated. No warrant ought to be issued
except upon the oath or affirmation of a witness charging
the defendant with, the offence.
The reprehensible practice of issuing blank warrants
which once prevailed in England, was never adopted
here.
A bench warrant is a process granted by a court authorizing
a proper officer to apprehend and bring before it
some on charged with some contempt, crime or misdemeanor.
A search warrant is a process issued by a competent
court or officer authorizing an officer therein named
or described, to examine a house or other place for
the purpose of finding goods which it is alleged have
been stolen.
