WARRANT OF ATTORNEY, practice. An instrument in writing, addressed to one or more attorneys therein named, authorizing them generally to appear in any court, or in some specified court, on behalf of the person giving it, ...
Warrant of attorney
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: a power of attorney authorizing another (as an attorney) to appear in court and confess judgment on the grantor's behalf
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It differs from a warrant of attorney, which is given before the commencement of any action and is under seal. A cognovit actionem is an acknowledgment and confession of the plaintiff's cause of action against the defendant to be just and true.
Originally the person involved was needed to be physically present but more recently attorney can be present himself without the person being needed to be there. But there is always supposed to be a warrant of attorney executed to the attorney by ...
 See also: Warrant, Way, Witness, Were, Wound
  
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