Index of English words, starting with "wa"

(1) - Warrant (n.) 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.
(2) - Warrant (n.) To secure to, as a purchaser, the quality or quantity of the goods sold, as represented. See Warranty, n., 2.
(3) - Warrant (n.) To secure to, as a purchaser of goods, the title to the same; to indemnify against loss.
(4) - Warrant (n.) To secure to, as a grantee, an estate granted; to assure.
(5) - Warrant (n.) To give a warrant or warranty to; to assure as if by giving a warrant to.
(6) - Warrant (n.) To support by authority or proof; to justify; to maintain; to sanction; as, reason warrants it.
(7) - Warrant (n.) 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.
(8) - Warrant (n.) Right; legality; allowance.
(9) - Warrant (n.) That which attests or proves; a voucher.
(10) - Warrant (n.) That which vouches or insures for anything; guaranty; security.
(11) - Warrant (n.) An official certificate of appointment issued to an officer of lower rank than a commissioned officer. See Warrant officer, below.
(12) - Warrant (n.) 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.
(13) - Warrant (n.) A writing which authorizes a person to receive money or other thing.
(14) - Warrant (n.) 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.

(1) - Warrantable (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.

(1) - Warrantee (n.) The person to whom a warrant or warranty is made.

(1) - Warranter (n.) 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.
(2) - Warranter (n.) One who warrants, gives authority, or legally empowers.