What is a warrant?

General: (1) Formal and explicit approval. (2) Document (instrument) that confers authority or ... [BusinessDictionary.com] TERM OF THE DAY AUGUST 31, 2016 [warrant] [facebook] [twitter] 1. General: (1) [Formal] and explicit [approval]. (2) [Document] (instrument) that confers [authority] or justifies an act that is otherwise neither permissible nor [legal]. 2. Law: [Legal] [authorization] (writ) issued by a [court] to (1) [search] a place and seize specified items if found there (called search warrant), or (2) [arrest] or detain specified [person] or persons (called arrest warrant). Although no ... [Read more] USAGE EXAMPLE If you fail to pay a traffic ticket or other citation you may find yourself visited by a police officer with a warrant for your arrest. FUNNY DEFINITION OF THE DAY [What does "dictionary" mean? The only place where success comes before work.] [Read more] TODAY'S LATEST [InvestorGuide Daily] [Silver Wheaton's Impressive Run Will Continue] [Silver prices bottomed out at a five and a half year low in December last year in the middle of prospects for surging interest rates in the United States and a slowdown in China. ...Read more] [InvestorGuide Stock of the Day] [Hershey Company (HSY) Stock Sells off Sharply After Mondelez Abandons Pursuit] [Shares of The Hershey Company (HSY) were trading down -12.26 or -10.98 percent to $99.41 in Tuesday's premarket after news late yesterday that Mondelez International Inc. (MDLZ) ...Read more] RECOMMENDED LINKS [Business Dictionary Recommended] [How Small Businesses Can Use Black Friday to Their Advantage] [If you're a small business owner, Black Friday can be a tough time to compete with large retailers and their equally-large marketing budgets. But as a small ...] [BusinessDictionary.com] [Investor Guide Recommended] [Getting Started with Investments and Financial Planning] [As soon as you begin to bring in enough money so that a portion of it may be set aside for investing, a plan is necessary to take full advantage of that money. The amount of money ...] [InvestorGuide.com] [DQ] [Do you consider yourself a team player or sole achiever? Why?] [Have something to say? Don't be shy, answer this question and let us know what you think. Feeling adventurous? Then don't stop with one question and continue browsing!] [Daily-Question.com] DOWNLOAD OUR APP [Download BD Android] [Download BD iOS] Copyright 2016 WebFinance Inc. All Rights Reserved. BusinessDictionary.com Term of the Day is published by WebFinance Inc., the operators of [InvestorWords], [InvestorGuide], and [BusinessDictionary], and is sent only to those who have specifically requested it. [MANAGE SUBSCRIPTION] | [DISCLAIMER] 10201 Fairfax Boulevard, Suite 570, Fairfax, VA 22030