SEARCH WARRANT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does search warrant mean? 

• SEARCH WARRANT (noun)
  The noun SEARCH WARRANT has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: SEARCH WARRANT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SEARCH WARRANT (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)