General warrant
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
A process which formerly issued from the state secretary's office in England to take up (without naming any persons) the author, printer, and publisher of such obscene and seditious libels as were specified in it. It was declared illegal and void for uncertainty by a vote of the house of commons on the 22d April, 1766.
Wharton.