A written order issued and signed by a magistrate directed to a peace officer or some other person specially named and commanding him to arrest the body of a person named in it who is accused of an offense. … [Read more...] about WARRANT OF ARREST
WARP
A rope attached to some fixed point, used for moving a ship. Pub. St Mass. 1882, p. 1297. … [Read more...] about WARP
WARRANTY ADJUSTMENT PROGRAM
See secret warranty program. … [Read more...] about WARRANTY ADJUSTMENT PROGRAM
WARRANTIZARE
In old conveyancing. To warrant; to bind one's self, by covenant in a deed of conveyance, to defend the grantee in his title and possession. Warrantizare est defendere et acqui etare tenentem, qui warrantum. vocavit, in seisina sua; et tenens de re warrant! excambium habebit ad valentiam. Co. Litt. 365. To warrant is to defend and insure in peace the tenant, who calls for … [Read more...] about WARRANTIZARE
WARECTARE
L. Lat. In old English law. To fallow ground; or plow up land (designed for wheat) in the spring, in order to let it lie fallow for the better improvement Fleta, lib. 2, c. 33; Cowell. … [Read more...] about WARECTARE