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n. [ See Warrantise. ] (Scots Law) The obligation by which a person, conveying a subject or a right, is bound to uphold that subject or right against every claim, challenge, or burden arising from circumstances prior to the conveyance; warranty. [ Written also warrandise. ] Craig. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. warant, OF. warant a warrant, a defender, protector, F. garant, originally a p. pr. of German origin, fr. OHG. werēn to grant, warrant, G. gewähren; akin to OFries. wera. Cf. Guarantee. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. 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. Specifically: -- [ 1913 Webster ]

(a) A writing which authorizes a person to receive money or other thing. [ 1913 Webster ]

(b) (Law) 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

(c) (Mil. & Nav.) An official certificate of appointment issued to an officer of lower rank than a commissioned officer. See Warrant officer, below. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which vouches or insures for anything; guaranty; security. [ 1913 Webster ]

I give thee warrant of thy place. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

His worth is warrant for his welcome hither. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. That which attests or proves; a voucher. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Right; legality; allowance. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

That show I first my body to warrant. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

I'll warrant him from drowning. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

In a place
Less warranted than this, or less secure,
I can not be. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To support by authority or proof; to justify; to maintain; to sanction; as, reason warrants it. [ 1913 Webster ]

True fortitude is seen in great exploits,
That justice warrants, and that wisdom guides. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To give a warrant or warranty to; to assure as if by giving a warrant to. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ My neck is ] as smooth as silk, I warrant ye. L' Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

His meals are coarse and short, his employment warrantable, his sleep certain and refreshing. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- War"rant*a*ble*ness, n. -- War"rant*bly, adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Law) The person to whom a warrant or warranty is made. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who warrants, gives authority, or legally empowers. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To warrant. [ Obs. ] Hakluyt. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. warentise, warandise, garantise. See Warrant, n. ] Authority; security; warranty. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]