[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

warrant \war"rant\, n. oe. warant, of. warant a warrant, a
   defender, protector, f. garant, originally a p. pr. pf german
   origin, fr. ohg. wer=en to grant, warrant, g. gewaumhren;
   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
see also:
guarantee warrant officer bench warrant dock warrant general warrant general 
land warrant land search warrant search warrant of attorney 
warrant to sue and defend 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

bench warrant \bench" war`rant\ law
   a process issued by a presiding judge or by a court against a
   person guilty of some contempt, or indicted for some crime;
   -- so called in distinction from a justice's warrant.
   1913 webster

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

bench warrant
     n : a warrant authorizing law enforcement officials to apprehend
         an offender and bring that person to court syn: arrest
         warrant
see also:
arrest warrant 

[4] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

bench warrant, crim. law. the name of a process sometimes given to an 
attachment issued by order of a criminal court, against an individual for 
some contempt, or for the purpose of arresting a person accused; the latter 
is seldom granted unless when a true bill has been found. 

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