arrest warrant

arrest warrant
An official document that authorizes law-enforcement officials to arrest, and bring to court a named person

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  • arrest warrant — see warrant Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. arrest warrant …   Law dictionary

  • Arrest warrant — An arrest warrant is a warrant issued by and on behalf of the state, which authorizes the arrest and detention of an individual. Contents 1 Canada 2 United Kingdom 2.1 England and Wales 2.2 …   Wikipedia

  • arrest warrant — n. (AE) to issue an arrest warrant * * * (AE) to issue an arrest warrant …   Combinatory dictionary

  • arrest warrant — noun a warrant authorizing law enforcement officials to apprehend an offender and bring that person to court • Syn: ↑bench warrant • Topics: ↑law, ↑jurisprudence • Hypernyms: ↑warrant • Hyponyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • arrest warrant — legal document ordering the arrest of a specific person or persons …   English contemporary dictionary

  • European Arrest Warrant — The European Arrest Warrant (EAW, or more rarely, EUAW) is an arrest warrant to allow the arrest of criminal suspects and their transfer for trial or detention which is valid throughout the states of the European Union (EU). The Arrest Warrant is …   Wikipedia

  • ICJ Case Concerning the Arrest Warrant of 11 April 2000 (Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Belgium) — Case Concerning the Arrest Warrant of 11 April 2000 (Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Belgium). International Court of Justice (ICJ). 14 February 2002.In 1993, Belgium s Parliament voted a law of universal jurisdiction , allowing it to judge… …   Wikipedia

  • Case Concerning the Arrest Warrant of 11 April 2000 (Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Belgium) — Case Concerning the Arrest Warrant of 11 April 2000 (Democratic Republic of the Congo v. Belgium). International Court of Justice (ICJ). 14 February 2002. In 1993, Belgium s Parliament voted a law of universal jurisdiction , allowing it to judge… …   Wikipedia

  • Taney Arrest Warrant — The Taney Arrest Warrant is a recent conjectural controversy in Abraham Lincoln scholarship. The standard version of the story avers that in late May or early June 1861 President Lincoln secretly ordered an arrest warrant for Roger B. Taney, the… …   Wikipedia

  • Outstanding arrest warrant — An outstanding arrest warrant is an arrest warrant that is yet to have been served. A warrant may be outstanding if the person named in the warrant is intentionally evading law enforcement, is unaware that a warrant is out for him/her, the agency …   Wikipedia

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