WARRANT

(DOCUMENT) [noun] [C] - an official document, signed by a judge or other person in authority, which gives the police permission to search someone's home, arrest a person or take some other actiona search warrantJudge La Riva had issued an arrest warrant/a warrant for his arrest.(esp. US formal) Several officers executed a warrant (= did what the warrant allowed them to do) at the suspect's home.A warrant officer is a rank in the armed forces, between a commissioned officer and an NCO.Chief Warrant OfficerWarrant Officer First ClassWarrant Officer Second Class