D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Bench warrant

/bĕnch wôr'-ənt/ · Bench· war·rant · IPA
01 A process issued by a presiding judge or by a court against a person guilty of some contempt, or indicted for some crime; -- so called in d…
  1. 1.
    A process issued by a presiding judge or by a court against a person guilty of some contempt, or indicted for some crime; -- so called in distinction from a justice's warrant.(Law)