prewarrant

English

Etymology

pre- +‎ warrant

Adjective

prewarrant (not comparable)

1. Prior to a warrant.
   • 1987, United States. Supreme Court, United States Reports: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court..., page 827:

     The Court of Appeals agreed that suppression of the prewarrant evidence was the proper remedy for the first violation but prescribed no remedy for the second.