warrant to arrest
1warrant of arrest — a warrant authorizing and commanding the arrest of a specific thing or person designated by name or by description a John Doe warrant of arrest …
2warrant of arrest — order for arrest, order for imprisonment …
3warrant of arrest — A legal process issued by competent authority, directing the arrest of a person or persons upon grounds stated therein, usually directed to a regular officer of the law, but occasionally issued to a private person named in it. 5 Am J2d Arr § 7 …
4warrant — war·rant 1 / wȯr ənt, wär / n [Anglo French warant garant protector, guarantor, authority, authorization, of Germanic origin] 1: warranty (2) an implied warrant of fitness 2: a commission or document giving authority to do something: as …
5arrest — ar·rest 1 /ə rest/ n [Middle French arest, from arester to stop, seize, arrest, ultimately from Latin ad to, at + restare to stay]: the restraining and seizure of a person whether or not by physical force by someone acting under authority (as a… …
6arrest warrant — see warrant Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. arrest warrant …
7Arrest warrant — An arrest warrant is a warrant issued by and on behalf of the state, which authorizes the arrest and detention of an individual. Contents 1 Canada 2 United Kingdom 2.1 England and Wales 2.2 …
8warrant — verb In contracts, to engage or promise that a certain fact or state of facts, in relation to the subjectmatter, is, or shall be, as it is represented to be. In conveyancing, to assure the title to property sold, by an express covenant to that… …
9arrest — arrestable, adj. arrestment, n. /euh rest /, v.t. 1. to seize (a person) by legal authority or warrant; take into custody: The police arrested the burglar. 2. to catch and hold; attract and fix; engage: The loud noise arrested our attention. 3.… …
10arrest — The taking, seizing or detaining of the person of another, accomplished by (1) touching or putting hands on the person to be detained; (2) or by any act that indicates an intention to take him into custody and that subjects him to the actual… …
