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search warrant

noun

, Law.
  1. a court order authorizing the examination of a dwelling or other private premises by police officials, as for stolen goods.


search warrant

noun

  1. a written order issued by a justice of the peace authorizing a constable or other officer to enter and search premises for stolen goods, drugs, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of search warrant1

First recorded in 1730–40
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Example Sentences

The move was officially an execution of a search warrant filed Friday.

But within a few minutes of looking around, police filed for a search warrant.

They subsequently obtained a search warrant and discovered more than four dozen more.

TMZ reports that this was a felony search warrant, which brings in to question the serious nature of the attack.

He was understandably irritated that the police had decided to include the remarks in an affidavit for a search warrant.

“I will go home with thee,” says the Master always in his Word, and his search-warrant has never lost its power.

Did me and you have a search warrant or a posse comitatus when we rounded up them six Mexican cow thieves down in Hidalgo?

A search-warrant on Horwick premises signed by a Ford magistrate!

You couldn't find a Jap in Australia, with a search warrant.

When Hiram Doolittle had obtained his search-warrant, his first business was to procure a proper officer to see it executed.

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