Bench warrant

created by Webster 1913
(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) Tue Dec 21 1999 at 22:06:08

Bench" war`rant (?). Law

A process issued by a presiding judge or by a court against a person guilty of some contempt, or indicted for some crime; -- so called in distinction from a justice's warrant.

 

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