Warrant

wor′ant, v.t. to guarantee or make secure: to give a urance against harm to: to authorise: to maintain: to a ure.— n. that which warrants or authorises: a commi ion giving authority: a writ for arresting a person or for carrying a judgment into execution: security: in the army and navy, a writ or authority inferior to a commi ion: in coal-mining, under-clay.— n. Warr′andice ( Scot. ), warranty, a clause in a deed by which the grantor binds himself to make good to the grantee the right conveyed.— adj. Warr′an table , authorised by warrant or right: justifiable: of sufficient age to be hunted.— n. Warr′an table ne .— adv. Warr′antably .— adj. Warr′anted .— ns. Warr′antee , one to whom warrant is given; Warr′anter , -or , one who warrants; Warr′anting ; Warr′antise ( Shak. ), warrant, authority: promise; Warr′ant-off′icer , in the army and navy, an officer holding a warrant, being the highest rank open to seamen and ordinary soldiers under ordinary circumstances; Warr′anty , a legal warrant or deed of security: a guarantee: authority.— Warrant of arrest , attachment , a writ authorising the arrest of a person or the seizure of property.— Distre warrant , warrant authorising distraining of goods; General warrant , a warrant directed against suspected persons generally; General warranty , a warranty against the claims of all and every person; Justice's warrant , warrant of a justice of the peace to arrest a suspected criminal; Special warranty , warrant against the claims of a particular person. [O. Fr. warantir (Fr. garantir ), perh. conn. with warir , to defend—Old High Ger. warjan , werjan .]