Bench warrant. (Law) See in the Vocabulary. — Dock warrant (Com.), a
customhouse license or authority. — General warrant. (Law) See under
General. — Land warrant. See under Land. — Search warrant. (Law) See
under Search, n. — Warrant of attorney (Law), written authority given
by one person to another empowering him to transact business for him;
specifically, written authority given by a client to his attorney to
appear for him in court, and to suffer judgment to pass against him by
confession in favor of some specified person. Bouvier. — Warrant
officer, a noncommissioned officer, as a sergeant, corporal,
bandmaster, etc., in the army, or a quartermaster, gunner, boatswain,
etc., in the navy. — Warrant to sue and defend. (a) (O. Eng. Law) A
special warrant from the crown, authorizing a party to appoint an
attorney to sue or defend for him. (b) A special authority given by a
party to his attorney to commence a suit, or to appear and defend a
suit in his behalf. This warrant is now disused. Burrill.
War"rant (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Warranted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Warranting.] [OE. waranten, OF. warantir, garantir, guarantir,
garentir, garandir, F. garantir to warrant, fr. OF. warant, garant,
guarant, a warrant, a protector, a defender, F. garant. √142. See
Warrant, n.]
1. 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.
That show I first my body to warrant.
Chaucer.
I'll warrant him from drowning.
Shak.
In a place Less warranted than this, or less secure, I can not be.
Milton.
2. To support by authority or proof; to justify; to maintain; to
sanction; as, reason warrants it.
True fortitude is seen in great exploits, That justice warrants, and
that wisdom guides.
Addison.
How little while it is since he went forth out of his study, — chewing
a Hebrew text of Scripture in his mouth, I warrant.
Hawthorne.
3. To give a warrant or warranty to; to assure as if by giving a
warrant to.
[My neck is] as smooth as silk, I warrant ye.
L' Estrange.
4. (Law) (a) To secure to, as a grantee, an estate granted; to assure.
(b) To secure to, as a purchaser of goods, the title to the same; to
indemnify against loss. (c) To secure to, as a purchaser, the quality
or quantity of the goods sold, as represented. See Warranty, n., 2. (d)
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.
War"rant*a*ble (?), a. Authorized by commission, precept, or right;
justifiable; defensible; as, the seizure of a thief is always
warrantable by law and justice; falsehood is never warrantable.
His meals are coarse and short, his employment warrantable, his sleep
certain and refreshing.
South.
— War"rant*a*ble*ness, n. — War"rant*bly, adv.
War`ran*tee" (?), n. (Law) The person to whom a warrant or warranty is
made.
War"rant*er (?), n. 1. One who warrants, gives authority, or legally
empowers.
2. (Law) One who assures, or covenants to assure; one who contracts to
secure another in a right, or to make good any defect of title or
quality; one who gives a warranty; a guarantor; as, the warranter of a
horse.
War"rant*ise (?), n. [OF. warentise, warandise, garantise. See Warrant,
n.] Authority; security; warranty. [Obs.] Shak.
War"rant*ise, v. t. To warrant. [Obs.] Hakluyt.
War"rant*or (?), n. (Law) One who warrants.
War"rant*y (?), n.; pl. Warranties (#). [OF. warantie, F. garantie. See
Warrant, n., and cf. Guaranty.]
1. (Anc. Law) A covenant real, whereby the grantor of an estate of
freehold and his heirs were bound to warrant and defend the title, and,
in case of eviction by title paramount, to yield other lands of equal
value in recompense. This warranty has long singe become obsolete, and
its place supplied by personal covenants for title. Among these is the
covenant of warranty, which runs with the land, and is in the nature of
a real covenant. Kent.
2. (Modern Law) An engagement or undertaking, express or implied, that
a certain fact regarding the subject of a contract is, or shall be, as
it is expressly or impliedly declared or promised to be. In sales of
goods by persons in possession, there is an implied warranty of title,
but, as to the quality of goods, the rule of every sale is, Caveat
emptor. Chitty. Bouvier.
3. (Insurance Law) A stipulation or engagement by a party insured, that
certain things, relating to the subject of insurance, or affecting the
risk, exist, or shall exist, or have been done, or shall be done. These
warranties, when express, should appear in the policy; but there are
certain implied warranties. Bouvier.