search warrant

English

Pronunciation

• Audio (US):

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Noun

search warrant (plural search warrants)

1. (law) A court order in the form of a warrant, authorizing the search of a home and/or other privacy-protected place(s), notably to seek unlawful possessions, evidence etc. as part of a judicial inquiry

   Evidence found without a valid search warrant may be discarded by the courts as null and void

Coordinate terms

• ITO (information-to-obtain)

 

Translations

court order authorising the search of a place

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 搜查證／搜查证 (sōucházhèng), 搜查令 (sōuchálìng)

• Dutch: huiszoekingsbevel (nl) n
• Finnish: kotietsintälupa
• French: mandat de perquisition (fr) m
• German: Durchsuchungsbefehl (de) m
• Hungarian: házkutatási parancs
• Indonesian: surat izin penggeledahan
• Italian: mandato di perquisizione m
• Japanese: 捜索令状 (そうさくれいじょう, sōsaku reijō)
• Malay: waran geledah
• Polish: nakaz rewizji m
• Portuguese: mandado de busca m
• Russian: о́рдер на о́быск m (órder na óbysk)
• Serbo-Croatian: nalog za pretres prostora m
• Spanish: orden de cateo f, orden de registro f
• Swedish: husrannsakningsorder c
• Tagalog: utos sa paghahalughog, kautusan sa paghahalughog
• Thai: หมายค้น (th) (mǎai-kón)
• Turkish: arama emri (tr), arama kararı (tr)