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bench warrant
noun
- a warrant issued or ordered by a judge or court for the apprehension of an offender.
bench warrant
noun
- a warrant issued by a judge or court directing that an offender be apprehended
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Word History and Origins
Origin of bench warrant1
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Example Sentences
To keep down the number of inmates and court hearings, the court is organizing a virtual check-in for people to resolve outstanding misdemeanor bench warrants.
He was immediately committed under a bench warrant, but was liberated almost at once.
A presentment was made against McNaughton, the usual process was moved for and a bench warrant issued.
Why not followed by a bench warrant, or a requisition from the Governor of Pennsylvania?
They were then taken upon a bench warrant charging them with treason which superseded the writ.
Here is the paper: it is a bench warrant of commitment on a charge of conspiracy, and Stanton is to be locked up.
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