Warrant Definition
warrant
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English
Alternative forms
- warraunt (obsolete)
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA: /ˈwɒɹənt/
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Etymology 1
From Old Northern French warant, warand ( = Old French guarant > modern garant), present participle of a Romance verb from Frankish *warjan.
Noun
warrant (plural warrants)
- (obsolete) A protector or defender.
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book X:
- Than for pité I made the damesell to lepe on her palferey, and I promysed her to be her waraunte and to helpe to entyre her lorde.
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book X:
- Authorization or certification; sanction, as given by a superior.
- Something that provides assurance or confirmation; a guarantee or proof: a warrant of authenticity; a warrant for success.
- He almost gives his failings as a warrant for his greatness (Garry Wills).
- An order that serves as authorization, especially: A voucher authorizing payment or receipt of money.
- (law) A judicial writ authorizing an officer to make a search, seizure, or arrest or to execute a judgment.
- arrest warrant issued by Thai supreme court
- A warrant officer.
- A certificate of appointment given to a warrant officer.
- (finance) 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.
- (New Zealand) A Warrant of Fitness; a document certifying that a motor vehicle meets certain standards of safety and mechanical soundness.
Derived terms
Translations
obsolete: protector or defender
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Etymology 2
From Old Northern French warantir, warandir ( = Old French guarantir > modern garantir), a Romance formation from the noun, Etymology 1, above.
Verb
warrant (third-person singular simple present warrants, present participle warranting, simple past and past participle warranted)
- (obsolete, transitive) To protect, keep safe (from danger).
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, Folio Society 2006, vol. 1 p. 44:
- all honest meanes for a man to warrant himselfe from evils are not onely tolerable, but commendable.
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, Folio Society 2006, vol. 1 p. 44:
- (transitive) To guarantee (something) to be (of a specified quality, value etc.).
- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick:
- His pure tight skin was an excellent fit; and closely wrapped up in it, and embalmed with inner health and strength, like a revivified Egyptian, this Starbuck seemed prepared to endure for long ages to come, and to endure always, as now; for be it Polar snow or torrid sun, like a patent chronometer, his interior vitality was warranted to do well in all climates.
- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick:
- (transitive) To guarantee as being true; (colloquially) to believe strongly.
- That tree is going to fall, I'll warrant.
- (obsolete, transitive) To give (someone) a guarantee or assurance (of something); also, with double object, to guarantee (someone something).
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, II.ii.1.1:
- Crato, in a consultation of his for a noble patient, tells him plainly, that if his highness will keep but a good diet, he will warrant him his former health.
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, II.ii.1.1:
- (transitive) To authorize; to give (someone) warrant or sanction (to do something).
- I am warranted to search these premises fully.
- (transitive) To justify; to give grounds for.
- Circumstances arose that warranted the use of lethal force.
Translations
to guarantee
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Noun
warrant m. inv.
- warrant (document or certificate)
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Warrant
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Warrant has several meanings: Look up warrant in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.Contents
- 1 Business/business law/guarantee
- 2 Criminal/civil law
- 3 Finance
- 4 Government
- 5 History
- 6 Military
- 7 Royal warrants
- 8 Warrant in media (books, films, music)
- 9 See also
Business/business law/guarantee
- Warrant sale,a statutory means of collecting debts in Scotland until 2001
- Collateral Warranty, gives a third party rights in an existing contract
- Dock warrant, a document by which holder of goods at a maritime dock certifies that the warrant holder is entitled to goods
- Extended warranty, a goods/service maintenance agreement
- Home warranty, home appliance service maintenance agreement
- Implied warranty, presumed assurances made in the sale of products or real property
- Magnuson–Moss Warranty Act, 1975 U.S. law federal statute governing consumer product warranties
- Track warrant, railroad line permission for a train's use of the main line
- Warrant of Fitness, New Zealand assurance certifying a motor vehicle
- Warrant sale, a statutory means of collecting debts in Scotland until 2001
- Warranty deed, real estate deed giving assurance of clear title and right to sell
- Warranty tolling, extending a product warranty timeframe
- Warranty, a business transaction assurance
Criminal/civil law
- Warrant (law), a form of specific authorization
- Quo warranto, a writ requiring the person to whom it is directed to show what authority they have for exercising some right or power (or "franchise") they claim to hold
Finance
- Covered warrant, a warrant issued without an accompanying bond or equity
- Industry Loss Warranties, insurance protection against an event to an entire insurance
- Payroll warrants, check-like instruments not drawn against funds in a deposit account
- Share warrant, a document which states that the bearer is entitled to the shares stated in it
- Turbo warrant, a kind of stock option
- Warrant (finance), a right, without obligation, to buy or sell something at an agreed price
- Warrant of payment, an order to an official to pay someone, similar to a check
Government
- Eidsvoll Warranty, an 1814 Norwegian act to print new cash
- Governor General's Warrant, a non-budgeted payment instrument in Canadian law
- Warrant (town meeting), a document used to call and outline a town meeting
- Warrant card, a proof of identification used by police officers
- Warrant of Appointment, President of Ireland official document of high office appointment
- Warrant of Precedence for Pakistan, Pakistan protocol for officials seating at government functions
History
- Taney Arrest Warrant, purported 1861 quashed secret order from President Lincoln to arrest the Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court
Military
- Assistant Warrant Officer, a rank in Pakistan Air Force above Senior Technician and below Warrant Officer
- Canadian Forces Chief Warrant Officer, the senior non-commissioned member appointment in the Canadian Forces.
- Chief of the Air Staff's Warrant Officer, the senior warrant officer of the Royal Air Force
- Chief Warrant Officer, the most senior Army and Air Force non-commissioned member (NCM) rank of the Canadian Forces
- First Warrant Officer, a Warrant Officer rank in the Singapore Armed Forces
- Master Warrant Officer, a military rank in the Canadian Forces and the Singapore Armed Forces
- SAF Warrant Officer School, a Singapore Armed Forces training school within the Pasir Laba Camp complex for Master Sergeants
- Second Warrant Officer, a Warrant Officer rank in the Singapore Armed Forces
- Senior Warrant Officer, a Warrant Officer rank in the Singapore Armed Forces
- Station Warrant Officer, the senior Warrant Officer on a British Royal Air Force station (base)
- Third Warrant Officer, a Warrant Officer rank in the Singapore Armed Forces
- Warrant Officer (United Kingdom), the highest non-commissioned rank in the British Armed Forces
- Warrant Officer (United States), (grade W-1 to W-5) is ranked as an officer above the senior-most enlisted ranks, as well as officer cadets and candidates, but below the officer grade of O-1 (NATO: OF-1)
- Warrant Officer Basic Course, technical training a new US Army Warrant Officer receives after warrant officer candidate school
- Warrant officer candidate school, the entry-level training for Warrant Officer Candidates in the United States Army
- Warrant Officer of the Navy, the most senior non commissioned officer rank in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN)
- Warrant Officer, an officer in a military organization who is designated an officer by a warrant, as distinguished from a commissioned officer
Royal warrants
- List of Royal Warrant holders of the British Royal Family
- Royal Warrant, a warrant that enables suppliers to advertise that they supply goods/service to a royal family
- Royal Warrant (Thailand), a warrant that enables suppliers to advertise that they supply goods/service to the King of Thailand
- Royal Warrant of Precedence, British monarchy protocol to determine nobility/gentry order of rank
Warrant in media (books, films, music)
- Warrant (American band), a glam metal band from Hollywood, California
- Warrant (German band), a German speed metal band that formed in 1983
- Warrant for Genocide, a non-fiction book about a fraudulent anti-Semitic text
- Warrant (1975 film), an Indian Hindi-language film directed by Pramod Chakravorty
- Death Warrant, a 1990 American action movie starring Jean-Claude Van Damme
See also
- All pages beginning with "Warrant"
- All pages with titles containing "Warrant"
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