All 6 Uses of
warrant
in
Atlas Shrugged
- That's a perfectly unwarranted assumption.†
Chpt 1.7 *
- He could not understand why Dr. Ferris' face tightened into an injured look, "You will permit me to say that this is unexpected and unwarranted," said Dr. Ferris in that tone of formality which conceals pain and reveals martyrdom.†
Chpt 2.1
- By what right did you use my work to make an unwarranted, preposterous switch into another field, pull an inapplicable metaphor and draw a monstrous generalization out of what is merely a mathematical problem?†
Chpt 2.1
- It is the opinion of this court that the facts presented by the prosecution seem to warrant no leniency.†
Chpt 2.4
- This matter is not serious enough to warrant such references.†
Chpt 2.4 *
- Their situation warranted an outcry of protest; there was none; nobody answered him.†
Chpt 2.5
Definitions:
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(warrant as in: serious enough to warrant surgery) to justify (make an action reasonable or necessary)
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(warrant as in: has a warrant to...) a document (granting the right to do something)for example:
- a document signed by a judge giving police the right to search a home
- a document signed by a judge giving police the right to arrest someone
- a document giving someone the right to buy stock shares at a given price by a given date
- a voucher documenting the right to receive payment