general warrant en · NOUN
Meanings
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(historical) A warrant issued without naming any specific person, which can be issued to anyone suspected of an offence.
Wilkes himself was placed in the Tower, but in two appearances in Westminster Hall at the beginning of May he denounced general warrants as illegal […].
2016, Peter Ackroyd, Revolution, Pan Macmillan, published 2017, page 200:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| general warrants | Number=Plur | lexicographic |