Bench Warrant
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
In criminal law. A warrant issued by or from a bench, or court. A process for the arrest of a party against whom an indictment has been found.
1 Chilt. Crim. Law. 339. 4 Steph. Com. 887. 2 J^. Y. Rev. Stat. [728], 609, § 65.
Bcnedicia est czpositio qaaad« res red* imitar a deslract Une. That is a blessed exposition, (or interpretation) when a thing is saved [by it] from destruction.
4 Co. 26.
See Ut res magis valeat quam pereat.