Which preposition to use with warranted

for Occurrences 203%

" The constable stopped him with a touch on the shoulder: "We have a warrant for you.

of Occurrences 104%

A decree of the new power gives the préfets the right to arrest, in their respective departments, whomsoever they please; and the préfets, in their turn, send blank warrants of arrest, which are literally lettres de cachet, to the sobs-préfets under their orders.

in Occurrences 82%

" With a warrant in his pocket Inspector Chippenfield, accompanied by Rolfe, set out for Macauley Mansions, Westminster.

from Occurrences 28%

Then Robin Hood laughed aloud and quickly took the warrant from out the Tinker's pouch with his deft fingers.

against Occurrences 15%

It was nearly midnight when a friend came to inform Robert that the king's men had procured a warrant against him for resisting his majesty's officers, and he must fly for his life.

to Occurrences 14%

The council dispatched a warrant to the magistrates of the city of London, to take up all reputed quacks, and bring them before the censors of the college, to examine how properly qualified they were to be trusted, either with the limbs or lives of his majesty's lieges.

on Occurrences 12%

In 1761 James Otis, of Massachusetts, made a fateful speech before the colonial legislature, in which, asserting the illegality of the search warrants on the ground that they violated the constitutional rights of Englishmen to protection in their own homes, he asserted that Acts of Parliament which violated the sanctity of the home were void and that, more specifically, they violated the charter granted to Massachusetts.

with Occurrences 10%

Warrants with the name of the Representatives had been drawn up in the Prefect's private Cabinet.

under Occurrences 5%

Mr. Gladstone cut the knot by advising her Majesty to take the decisive step of cancelling the royal warrant under whichand not by lawpurchase had existed.

ye Occurrences 4%

Give an inch, and you'll take an ell; I will not put my finger in a hole, I warrant ye: what, man! ne'er crow so fast, for a blind man may kill a hare; I have known when a plain fellow hath hurt a fencer, so I have: what!

as Occurrences 4%

If in addition thirty-three States shall enter the market with their land scrip, the price must be greatly reduced below even 85 cents per acre, as much to the prejudice of the old soldiers who have not already parted with their land warrants as to Government.

by Occurrences 4%

That council, however,[b] or at least the lord lieutenant, was in possession of a document unknown to the parliament, a copy of the warrant by which Charles had engaged to confirm whatever Glamorgan should promise in the royal name.

than Occurrences 2%

And yet I think my claims so much better warranted than Pompey's that I have often challenged him to a trial; and since he by reason of his guilty conscience has refused to have the questions peaceably decided, I hope by this act of his to attach to my cause all the allies and the entire people.

out Occurrences 2%

There is already a warrant out for Holymead's arrest"

at Occurrences 2%

The committee reported that they did not consider themselves warranted at present in advising Sir J. P. Grant's removal, but they thought it right he should be directed to proceed home that the several matters objected to him might be investigated.

before Occurrences 1%

And with you as with us, your unpreparedness stands as your warrant before history, that not from American minds and wills came the provocation to this war.

without Occurrences 1%

There is always a state treasurer, and usually a state auditor or comptroller to examine the public accounts and issue the warrants without which the treasurer cannot pay out a penny of the state's money.

about Occurrences 1%

But it was certain that the leader of the party had a warrant about him, and this must be taken from him before locking him up, and without any acknowledgment of its validity; for even the lawless Greek was aware that it was not good to interfere with officers of the law in the execution of their duty.

Which preposition to use with  warranted