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Noun Concept

Categories: Searches and seizures, Law enforcement terminology, Articles with short description, All articles needing additional references, Warrants

search warrant

A warrant authorizing law enforcement officials to search for objects or people involved in the commission of a crime and to produce them in court; the warrant describes the locations where the officials may search WordNet 3.0

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A search warrant is a court order that a magistrate or judge issues to authorize law enforcement officers to conduct a search of a person, location, or vehicle for evidence of a crime and to confiscate any evidence they find. Wikipedia

A court order issued that authorizes law enforcement to conduct a search for evidence Wikipedia Disambiguation

Type of court order Wikidata

A court order in the form of a warrant, authorizing the search of a home and/or other privacy-protected place(s), notably to seek unlawful possessions, evidence etc. as part of a judicial inquiry. Wiktionary

Court order authorising the search of a place. Wiktionary (translation)

Evidence found without a valid search warrant may be discarded by the courts as null and void. Wiktionary

IS A

warrant

court order

HAS KIND

no-knock warrant

international search warrant

sneak and peek warrant

CATEGORY DOMAIN

law

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