BENCH WARRANT

Pronunciation (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does bench warrant mean? 

• BENCH WARRANT (noun)
  The noun BENCH WARRANT has 1 sense:

1. a warrant authorizing law enforcement officials to apprehend an offender and bring that person to court

  Familiarity information: BENCH WARRANT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BENCH WARRANT (noun)

Meaning:

A warrant authorizing law enforcement officials to apprehend an offender and bring that person to court

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

arrest warrant; bench warrant

Hypernyms ("bench warrant" is a kind of...):

warrant (a writ from a court commanding police to perform specified acts)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bench warrant"):

pickup (a warrant to take someone into custody)