Warrant

(wor'rant.) [From Fr. guarantir, to vouch for. ] (Law.) The authority i ued by a justice of the peace for the apprehension of some one.-W. of attorney, an authority given by a person to an attorney to appear and plead for him; or in a more general sense, that by which a man appoints another to act in his name, and warrants his transaction.- Search W., a precept authorizing a person to enter houses, ., to search for stolen or contra land goods, or to discover whether a criminal be there concealed. [s. 948]