warrant
n. 1. A document authorizing some action, especially the payment of money. A warehouse (or wharfinger’s) warrant is issued when goods are taken into a public warehouse and must be produced when they are removed. This document is negotiable and transferable by endorsement. See also enforcement of judgment; share warrant. 2. A written document issued by a magistrate for the arrest of a person or the search of his property (see power of search). When a suspect has fled abroad and there is an extradition treaty covering the offence he is suspected of, the magistrate who has jurisdiction over the place in which the offence was allegedly committed may issue an arrest warrant to enable the Director of Public Prosecutions and the Home Secretary to extradite the suspect. See also general warrant.

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