xanthoxylene (medicine) and warrant(1) (iou)

xanthoxylene (medicine)

xanthoxylene
<chemistry> A liquid hydrocarbon of the terpene series extracted from the seeds of a Japanese prickly ash (Xanthoxylum pipertium) as an aromatic oil.

See: Xanthoxylum.

Source: Websters Dictionary

warrant(1) (iou)

warrant noun1. ME.

I. gen. A person or thing.
A protector, a defender. ME-E19.
A safeguard, a protection; Security or safety from one's enemies. Also, a place of refuge, a shelter. ME-L16.
a. A person answerable for a fact or statement; an authoritative witness. ME.
b. A conclusive proof. LME.
c. With qualifying adjective, esp. good or great: a person who may be relied on to do a thing to the extent specified. Anglo-Irish. M19.
A command from a superior freeing a person from blame or legal responsibility for an action; authorization, sanction; evidence of this. ME.
Hobbes That Assembly, which is without warrant from the Civil Soveraign, is unlawful.
A person granting authorization or sanction for another's action. ME.
Sir W. Scott Use axe and lever, Master FosterI will be your warrant!
a. Assurance given, guarantee. LME-E19.
b. A guarantor, a surety; bail. Scot. & dial. L15-M19.
Justifiable grounds for an action, belief, or feeling. L16.
R. C. Trench There is no warrant for ascribing to them such treachery here.
II. spec. A document.
A document issued by a monarch, an officer of State, or an administrative body, authorizing a particular action. Earliest as warrant dormant. LME.
A writ or order issued by some authority, empowering a police or Other officer to make an arrest, search premises, or carry out some Other action relating to the administration of justice. LME.
V. Brittain Feeling as though I were signing the warrant for my own execution. R. Hayman The court where the warrant for his arrest had been issued.
A document authorizing payment of a sum of money; spec. a certificate entitling the holder to subscribe for shares of a company. LME.
A voucher, a certificate. LME-L16.
a. = warrant officer below. E18.
b. An official certificate of service rank issued to a warrant officer. L18.
A receipt given to a person who has deposited goods in a warehouse, by assignment of which the title to the goods is transferred. E19.
Phrases: DIVIDEND warrant. General warrant a warrant for the arrest of the person or people suspected of an offence, no individual being named or described.of warrant held in esteem, important. out of warrant (rare, Shakes.) unlawful. royal warrant: see ROYAL adjective. search warrant: see SEARCH noun1. warrant of attorney (now rare) a legal document conferring authority to a person to act as one's representative in certain legal or business matters. warrant of Fitness NZ a certificate of roadworthiness legally required for most motor vehicles in New Zealand and valid for six months. vouch to warrant: see VOUCH verb 1.
Comb.: warrant card a document of authorization and identification carried by a police officer; warrant chief an African local official in Nigeria, formerly esp. one appointed by the colonial power; warrant-officer (a) an officer in certain armed Services (formerly also in the Navy) who holds office by a warrant, ranking between a commissioned officer and an NCO; (b) an officer whose duty it is to serve warrants.
warrantless adjective (a) rare without justification, unwarrantable; (b) without judicial authorization; without a search warrant: M19.

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