Permit authorising entry by police

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Even a policeman wouldn't dare poke about without a search warrant - and you're not a policeman. ▪ He's probably gone for a search warrant ... Jim Henderson in the Raven says he was watching people at the bar. ▪ Investigators ...

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
A search warrant is a court order that a magistrate , judge or Supreme Court official 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. In ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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[=e]n to grant, warrant, G. gew["a]hren; akin to OFries. wera. Cf. Guarantee .] That which warrants or authorizes; ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context legal English) 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

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. 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