General Warrant
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
A process which formerly issued from the state secretary's office in England, to take up, (without naming any persons in particular,) the author, printer and publisher of certain libels specified in it. It was declared illegal and void for uncertainty by a vote of the House of Commons.
Com. Joum. 22 April, 1766.