Lexic.us

Definition of Arrest warrant

1. Noun. A warrant authorizing law enforcement officials to apprehend an offender and bring that person to court.

Definition of Arrest warrant

1. Noun. (legal) An official document that authorizes law-enforcement officials to arrest, and bring to court a named person ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

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Literary usage of Arrest warrant

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Justice in the Balance: Recommendations for an Independent and Effective by Human Rights Watch, Human Rights Watch (Organization) (1998)
"... and given the importance of the rights concerned, this defect should be remedied. ISSUING AN INTERNATIONAL arrest warrant Article 59(4) ..."

2. The New Practice of Attornies in the Courts of Law at Westminster: With by John Frederick Archbold (1844)
"The Arrest. Warrant.] See as to the warrant, ante, p. 158. It must be delivered to the officer, before he can legally arrest the party. See Hall v. ..."

3. The Code of Civil Procedure of the State of California: Adopted March 11 by California, Walter Scott Brann (1905)
"Arrest, warrant, how executed, § 1994. Arrest, warrant, to whom directed, § 1994. Arrest, wrongful, when a contempt of court, § 2068. ..."

4. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1905)
"As we have seen from the abstract of the record above set forth, the first step which was taken was procuring a search warrant, —not an " arrest warrant, ..."

5. Acts and Joint Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of South by South Carolina, South Carolina General Assembly (1917)
"... be no prosecution under Sections 492 to 497, inclusive, unless the arrest warrant shall be issued within thirty days from the commission of the offense. ..."

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