Definition for "Search Warrant" in the Quantum Dictionary

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Criminal Law Dictionary

A criminal-law concept describing conduct, procedure, or legal consequence defined by governing offense or rule elements. It applies only when the legally specified conditions for its use or enforcement are satisfied. It does not apply where required elements or conditions are absent. It materially affects charging, adjudication, detention, or sanction decisions in practice.

Defense, Security & Public Safety Dictionary

A written order issued by a neutral judicial officer on a showing of probable cause that authorizes law enforcement to search a specifically described place and to seize specified categories of items; the warrant’s scope is defined by the supporting facts and must be no broader than necessary to locate the items for which probable cause was shown.