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.
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.
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.
“He then failed to answer a summons from the examining magistrate, and a warrant for his arrest was issued on 28th January 1997.”
“Did you interpret the instructions you were given to be a sufficient warrant for your actions at the time?”
“But he maintained that there is no warrant for reading into it that any discussion was intended to take place about the aforementioned atrocity.”
warranty
(countable) A guarantee that a certain outcome or obligation will be fulfilled; security.
(countable, law, real estate, obsolete) An obsolete legal agreement that was a real covenant and ran with the land, whereby the grantor and his heirs of a piece of real estate held in freehold were required to officially guarantee their claim and plead one’s case for the title. If evicted by someone with a superior claim (paramount title) they were also required to hand over other real estate of equal value in recompense. It has now been replaced by personal covenants and the covenant of warranty.
(law, countable, real estate) A covenant, also called the covenant of warranty, whereby the grantor assures the grantee that he or she not be subject to the claims of someone with a paramount title, thereby guaranteeing the status of the title that is being conveyed.
(countable, law) A legal agreement, either written or oral (an expressed warranty) or implied through the actions of the buyer and seller (an implied warranty), which states that the goods or property in question will be in exactly the same state as promised, such as in a sale of an item or piece of real estate.
(countable) A writtenguarantee, usually over a fixed period, provided to someone who buys a product or item, which states that repairs will be provided free of charge in case of damage or a fault.
(countable, insurance law) A stipulation of an insurance policy made by an insuree, guaranteeing that the facts of the policy are true and the insurance risk is as stated, which if not fulfilled renders the policy void.
“Such a warranty may require varying deductibles and up-front payment for services which the warranter then reimburses at a later, perhaps much later, date.”
warrandice
(law) A form of warranty, in Scots law, in which a person conveyingproperty was held liable for any outstanding claims on the property
