Search warrant
Common Legal Terms
A written order issued by a judge that directs a law enforcement officer to search a specific area for a particular piece of evidence.
Orders that a specific location be searched for items, which if found, can be used in court as evidence. Search warrants require probable cause in order to be issued.
- — Justice 101 Legal Terms Glossary retrieved 2014-05-28
Criminal Law
A court order authorizing a law enforcement officer to search certain described premises for specified objects and to seize the items described.