| 单词 | general warrant |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgeneral warrant b. general warrant: a warrant for the apprehension of the persons suspected of an offence, no individual being named or particularly described in special.According to Blackstone, the practice of issuing general warrants, founded on some clauses in the Acts (of Charles II) for regulating the press, was inadvertently continued after those Acts expired in 1694, and (except during the last four years of Queen Anne) remained down to 1763. In that year the arrest of John Wilkes on a general warrant raised the question of the legality of such warrants. In 1765 the Court of King's Bench decided that they were illegal, and in 1766 this was affirmed by a vote of the House of Commons. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > process, writ, warrant, or order > [noun] > writ > writs ordering arrest writ of attachment1431 pluries capias1444 attachment?1448 pluries1465 capias1467 reattachment1528 manucaption1588 general warrant1657 ca. sa.1796 Border-warrant1816 1657 E. Bulstrode Rep. I. 146 Williams Iustice, this is a most perilous example, to breake a mans house in the night, by force, and by vertue of a generall warrant. 1763 A. B. Let. 7 May in Gentleman's Mag. 33 246 The question, Whether a Secretary of State can grant a general warrant against authors, printers, and publishers, without naming any names..remains yet to be determined. 1766 Jrnl. House of Commons 22 Apr. 30 753/2 Resolved, That a General Warrant for apprehending the Author, Printer, or Publisher, of a Libel is illegal. 1769 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. IV. xxi. 288. 1843 Penny Cycl. XXVII. 380/1. < as lemmas |
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