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arrest warrant

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Noun1.arrest warrant - a warrant authorizing law enforcement officials to apprehend an offender and bring that person to court
bench warrant
warrant - a writ from a court commanding police to perform specified acts
pickup - a warrant to take someone into custody; "put out a pickup on that man"
law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"
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arrest warrant
n → Haftbefehl m


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Since the investigation was still ongoing, no charges had been filed and there was no arrest warrant for Almendarez Coello.
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The counselor, Jennifer Bier, expressed determination not to hand over the records and could be facing jail if she is unable to override the arrest warrant in a higher court.
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The court also held that the arrest warrant used to arrest the plaintiff was defective under state law because is was not a bench warrant, which was the only warrant the judge had the authority to issue, and therefore a false imprisonment claim was viable since the process could have been obtained in bad faith as a means for the officer to incarcerate the plaintiff and extract information from him.
Bunyon v. Burke County by Corrections Caselaw Quarterly
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