warrant

nom

1. 1

   Authorization or certification; a sanction, as given by a superior.

   Two years after the first appearance on the London stage by an English actress, a royal warrant of 1660 decreed that women rather than boys were to play all female roles.

2. 2

   Something that provides assurance or confirmation; a guarantee or proof.

   a warrant of authenticity; a warrant for success

   "None. But," said Francesca, hesitatingly, "will not Lord Avonleigh need some warrant for the truth of this history?"

   He almost gives his failings as a warrant for his greatness.

3. 3

   An order that serves as authorization; especially a voucher authorizing payment or receipt of money.

   And also be in enactid by the auctorite aforseid that no manꝰ [man's] clerke or clerkes or other parsone or parsones do wryte or make any maner of wryting warraunt or warrauntes, upon any maner gyfte or graunte made by the Kynges Highnes or by any other his Gracys offycers as aforsaide, [...]

   A Warraunt to Sir Edmond Peckham Knight, for twenty Pounds to be delivered to Fraunces Pitche, being ſent with Lettres to the Quene's Ambaſſador reſydent with the Frenche King.

4. 4

   An option, usually issued together with another security and with a term at issue greater than a year, to buy other securities of the issuer.

   But they [police juries] have no power to [...] issue promissory notes or warrants to cover funds which may be set aside for this purpose in future taxation without express authority from the supreme political power of the state.

   The first Eurobond offering was for Crédit National who issued $50m 13.75% five-year notes with six-month warrants to purchase the same principal amount of 13.75% ten-year bonds. The cum-warrant price of the note quickly rose to 105.5% in a rising market, yet the warrants alone were quoted at $15.

5. 5

   A judicial writ authorizing an officer to make a search, seizure, or arrest, or to execute a judgment.

   an arrest warrant issued by the court

   Mr. Musso said he desired to make an application at this stage on behalf of the accused, namely, that he be discharged on the ground that he was improperly held in custody, there being no warrant issued by the Court and no counter-signature to any warrant by the Senior-Consul. At the last hearing the fact was disclosed that the accused was arrested without a warrant.

   Avina: Former Spectre agent Saren Arterius is nearing the vicinity of the Council Camber. Avina: A warrant has been issued for his arrest, though Citadel Security is unable to respond at this time.

6. 6

   Ellipsis of warrant officer. A certificate of appointment given to a warrant officer.

7. 7

   A document certifying that a motor vehicle meets certain standards of mechanical soundness and safety; a warrant of fitness.

   She had inherited from Rufus a 1994 Nissan Vanette that routinely failed its warrant and was always breaking down;

8. 8

   obsolèteA defender, a protector.

   And whanne I ſawe her makynge ſuche dole / I asked her who ſlewe her lorde ¶ Syre ſhe ſaid the falſest knyght of the world now lyuyng and he is the mooſt vylayne that euer man herd ſpeke of / and his name is ſir Breuſe ſaunce pyte / thenne for pyte I made the damoyſel to lepe on her palfroy / and I promyſed her to be her waraunt / and to helpe her to entyere her lord

9. 9

   Underclay in a coal mine.

10. 10

    Variante de warrant officerEllipsis of warrant officer.

    [Dave T.] Daniels also stated that many supported the idea of an officers indoctrination course, with the aim of preparing warrants for broader responsibility.

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1. 1

   obsolèteTo protect, keep safe (from danger).

   [A]ll honeſt meanes for a man to warrant him-ſelfe from euills, are not onely tolerable, but commendable.

   I'le warrant him for drowning, though the Ship were no ſtronger then a Nutt-ſhell, and as leaky as an vnſtanched wench.

   A spell which will warrant its employer against all risk of being shot.

2. 2

   obsolèteTo give (someone) an assurance or guarantee (of something); also, with a double object: to guarantee (someone something).

   Crato in a conſultation of his for a noble patient, tels him plainly, that if his Highneſſe will keepe but a good diet, hee will warrant him his former health.

   The warranty that a ship shall sail on a given day must be strictly performed. Thus, if a ship, warranted to sail on or before a particular day, be prevented from sailing on that day by an embargo, the warranty is not complied with.

   One or two bottles are warranted to cure all humor in the eyes. Two bottles are warranted to cure running of the ears, and blotches among the hair.

3. 3

   To guarantee (something) to be (of a specified quality, value, etc.).

   Tuc[ca]. [...] Can thy Author doe it impudently enough? / Hiſt[rio]. O, I warrant you, Captaine: and ſpitefully inough too; he ha's one of the moſt ouerflowing villanous wits, in Rome. He will ſlander any man that breathes; If he diſguſt him. / Tucca. I'le know the poor, egregious, nitty Raſcall; and he haue ſuch commendable Qualities, I'le cheriſh him: [...]

   Thus the red damask curtains which now shut out the fog-laden, drizzling atmosphere of the Marylebone Road, had cost a mere song, and yet they might have been warranted to last another thirty years. A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor; [...]

4. 4

   To guarantee as being true; (colloquial) to believe strongly.

   That tree is going to fall, I’ll warrant.

   "I warrant you," said Chiffinch the female, nodding, but rather to her own figure reflected from a mirror, than to her politic husband, "I warrant you we will find means of occupying him that will sufficiently fill up his time."

5. 5

   To authorize; to give (someone) sanction or warrant (to do something).

   I am warranted to search these premises fully.

   [S]ince by our commission we are not warranted to treat but with the noblemen named by his majesty with the advice of the peers, and are particularly warranted to make exception against the earl of Traquair, for his malversation in the matter of the assembly and parliament, [...]

6. 6

   To justify; to give grounds for.

   Circumstances arose that warranted the use of lethal force.

   A strong pressure was brought by consumers to this end; but neither the combinations nor the independent interests have felt that the pressure was sufficiently strong in warranting them in making a cut.

   The fact, however, that astonishment has been expressed at the clamor described, warrants a review of incidents which precipitated the events referred to.

   The tunnel, like the other engineering works on the line, was built to take two tracks, but traffic has never warranted a second.

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