(chiefly, US, legal) A court order requested by a citizen to summon an individual for a psychiatric evaluation because of concerns regarding that individual's mental instability.
(chiefly, US, legal) A court order requested by a citizen to summon an individual for a psychiatric evaluation because of concerns regarding that individual's mental instability.
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(UK, law, historical) An inquest undertaken on occasions when the Crown claimed the right of possession to land or property.
(legal, archaic, outside, the, _, US) A warrant issued for someone to be taken into custody.
(intransitive) To make an inquiry or an investigation.
(Scotland) A warrant to apprehend a debtor who is about to abscond.
(intransitive, US, Canada, Australia) To ask (about something).