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prewarrant

prewarrant adjective: prior to a warrant.

Adjective

prewarrant (not comparable)

  1. Prior to a warrant.
    • The Court of Appeals agreed that suppression of the prewarrant evidence was the proper remedy for the first violation but prescribed no remedy for the second.1987, United States. Supreme Court, United States Reports: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court..., page 827

Origin of prewarrant

From pre- + warrant.

Questions about prewarrant

What does prewarrant mean?
Prewarrant means prior to a warrant.
What part of speech is prewarrant?
Prewarrant is an adjective.

Words near prewarrant in the dictionary

  1. prewarms
  2. prewarn
  3. prewarned
  4. prewarning
  5. prewarns
  6. prewarrant
  7. prewartime
  8. prewash
  9. prewashed
  10. prewashes
  11. prewashing

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