warrant
B1Substantiv/US /wˈɔrənt/ WÔR-ənt; UK /wˈɔrənt/ WÔR-ənt/
That which warrants or authorizes; a commission giving authority, or justifying the doing of anything; an act, instrument, or obligation, by which one person authorizes another to do something which he has not otherwise a right to do; an act or instrument
