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That which warrants or authorizes; a commission giving
authority, or justifying the doing of anything; an act, instrument, or
obligation, by which one person authorizes another to do something
which he has not otherwise a right to do; an act or instrument
investing one with a right or authority, and thus securing him from
loss or damage; commission; authority. |
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A writing which authorizes a person to receive money or
other thing. |
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A precept issued by a magistrate authorizing an officer to
make an arrest, a seizure, or a search, or do other acts incident to
the administration of justice. |
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An official certificate of appointment issued to an
officer of lower rank than a commissioned officer. See Warrant officer,
below. |
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That which vouches or insures for anything; guaranty;
security. |
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That which attests or proves; a voucher. |
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Right; legality; allowance. |
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To make secure; to give assurance against harm; to
guarantee safety to; to give authority or power to do, or forbear to
do, anything by which the person authorized is secured, or saved
harmless, from any loss or damage by his action. |
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To support by authority or proof; to justify; to maintain;
to sanction; as, reason warrants it. |
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To give a warrant or warranty to; to assure as if by
giving a warrant to. |
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To secure to, as a grantee, an estate granted; to assure. |
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To secure to, as a purchaser of goods, the title to the
same; to indemnify against loss. |
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To secure to, as a purchaser, the quality or quantity of
the goods sold, as represented. See Warranty, n., 2. |
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To assure, as a thing sold, to the purchaser; that is, to
engage that the thing is what it appears, or is represented, to be,
which implies a covenant to make good any defect or loss incurred by
it. |
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