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warrantless

a. (context of a search, arrest, or the like English) Performed without a warrant.

Usage examples of "warrantless".

Bush administration officials offer conflicting information about whether intelligence gathered from the warrantless wiretaps is being used in criminal cases inside the United States.

But because the intelligence based on the warrantless wiretaps would almost certainly not be admissible in an American court, it is possible that the Bush administration is not attempting to take those cases to trial.

FISA court approval for wiretaps on individuals who have already been secretly subjected to warrantless eavesdropping by the NSA.

The Bush administration is obtaining FISA court approval for wiretaps at least in part on the basis of information gathered from the earlier warrantless eavesdropping.

Some experts in national security law say that past presidents have periodicallyand very quietlyasserted that despite FISA, they reserved the right to order warrantless wiretaps in the United States under extreme circumstances for national security purposes.

FISA, they reserved the right to order warrantless wiretaps in the United States under extreme circumstances for national security purposes.

Constitution protects all citizens against warrantless searches and seizures.

The Supreme Court of the United States has held that a warrantless search of an impounded motor vehicle does not run afoul of the Fourth Amendment.

I think the courts will hold that a warrantless arrest was justified in this case by the gravity of the crime.

The new statute outlawed wholesale, warrantless acquisition of raw telegrams such as had been provided under Shamrock.

Fear of the dragon, however, seemed like a childs warrantless night fears compared with the rangers terror of the heights upon which he now walked.

With warrantless searches, if dope is discovered the courts always think of an exigent circumstance justifying the intrusion.

All scientists harbor a natural antipathy to romance in any form, and that antipathy becomes a deep horror if fiction dares to deal flippantly with the exact sciences, or if some degraded intellect assumes the warrantless liberty of using natural history as the vehicle for silly tales.

They were warrantless, aggressive, and they turned the whole place over in a matter of minutes.

The brass was worried about long-term repercussions from the warrantless search.