Warrant

Warrant has several meanings:

Business/business law/guarantee

• Abolition of Poindings and Warrant Sales Act 2001, abolished Warrant sale
• Collateral Warranty, gives a third party rights in an existing contract
• Dock warrant, a document by which holder of goods at a maritime dock certifies that the warrant holder is entitled to goods
• Extended warranty, a goods/service maintenance agreement
• Home warranty, home appliance service maintenance agreement
• Implied warranty, presumed assurances made in the sale of products or real property
• Magnuson–Moss Warranty Act, 1975 U.S. law federal statute governing consumer product warranties
• Track warrant, railroad line permission for a train's use of the main line
• Warrant of Fitness, New Zealand assurance certifying a motor vehicle
• Warrant sale, a statutory means of collecting debts in Scotland until 2001
• Warranty deed, real estate deed giving assurance of clear title and right to sell
• Warranty tolling, extending a product warranty timeframe
• Warranty, a business transaction assurance

Criminal/civil law

• Warrant (law), a form of specific authorization
• Quo warranto, a writ requiring the person to whom it is directed to show what authority they have for exercising some right or power (or "franchise") they claim to hold

Finance

• Covered warrant, a warrant issued without an accompanying bond or equity
• Industry Loss Warranties, insurance protection against an event to an entire insurance
• Payroll warrants, check-like instruments not drawn against funds in a deposit account
• Share warrant, a document which states that the bearer is entitled to the shares stated in it
• Turbo warrant, a kind of stock option
• Warrant (finance), a right, without obligation, to buy or sell something at an agreed price
• Warrant of payment, an order to an official to pay someone, similar to a check

Government

• Eidsvoll Warranty, an 1814 Norwegian act to print new cash
• Governor General's Warrant, a non-budgeted payment instrument in Canadian law
• Warrant (town meeting), a document used to call and outline a town meeting
• Warrant card, a proof of identification used by police officers
• Warrant of Appointment, President of Ireland official document of high office appointment
• Warrant of Precedence for Pakistan, Pakistan protocol for officials seating at government functions

History

• Taney Arrest Warrant, purported 1861 quashed secret order from President Lincoln to arrest the Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court

Military

• Assistant Warrant Officer, a rank in Pakistan Air Force above Senior Technician and below Warrant Officer
• Canadian Forces Chief Warrant Officer, the senior non-commissioned member appointment in the Canadian Forces.
• Chief of the Air Staff's Warrant Officer, the senior warrant officer of the Royal Air Force
• Chief Warrant Officer, the most senior Army and Air Force non-commissioned member (NCM) rank of the Canadian Forces
• First Warrant Officer, a Warrant Officer rank in the Singapore Armed Forces
• Master Warrant Officer, a military rank in the Canadian Forces and the Singapore Armed Forces
• SAF Warrant Officer School, a Singapore Armed Forces training school within the Pasir Laba Camp complex for Master Sergeants
• Second Warrant Officer, a Warrant Officer rank in the Singapore Armed Forces
• Senior Warrant Officer, a Warrant Officer rank in the Singapore Armed Forces
• Station Warrant Officer, the senior Warrant Officer on a British Royal Air Force station (base)
• Third Warrant Officer, a Warrant Officer rank in the Singapore Armed Forces
• Warrant Officer (United Kingdom), the highest non-commissioned rank in the British Armed Forces
• Warrant Officer (United States), (grade W-1 to W-5) is ranked as an officer above the senior-most enlisted ranks, as well as officer cadets and candidates, but below the officer grade of O-1 (NATO: OF-1)
• Warrant Officer Basic Course, technical training a new US Army Warrant Officer receives after warrant officer candidate school
• Warrant officer candidate school, the entry-level training for Warrant Officer Candidates in the United States Army
• Warrant Officer of the Navy, the most senior non commissioned officer rank in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN)
• Warrant Officer, an officer in a military organization who is designated an officer by a warrant, as distinguished from a commissioned officer

Royal warrants

• List of Royal Warrant holders of the British Royal Family
• Royal Warrant, a warrant that enables suppliers to advertise that they supply goods/service to a royal family
• Royal Warrant (Thailand), a warrant that enables suppliers to advertise that they supply goods/service to the King of Thailand
• Royal Warrant of Precedence, British monarchy protocol to determine nobility/gentry order of rank

Warrant in media (books, films, music)

• Warrant (American band), a glam metal band from Hollywood, California
• Warrant (German band), a German speed metal band that formed in 1983
• Warrant for Genocide, a non-fiction book about a fraudulent anti-Semitic text
• Warrant (1975 film), an Indian Hindi-language film directed by Pramod Chakravorty
• Death Warrant, a 1990 American action movie starring Jean-Claude Van Damme

See also

• Death warrant (disambiguation)
• Warrant Officer 1 (disambiguation)

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