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SEARCH WARRANT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A warrant authorizing law enforcement officials to search for objects or people involved in the commission of a crime and to produce them in court; the warrant describes the locations where the officials may search
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("search warrant" is a kind of...):
warrant (a writ from a court commanding police to perform specified acts)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)