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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

WARRANTY, n.
1. In law, a promise or covenant by deed, made by the bargainer for himself and his heirs, to warrant or secure the bargainee and his heirs against all men in the enjoyment of an estate or other thing granted. Such warranty passes from the seller to the buyer, from the feoffor to the feoffee, and from the releaser to the releasee. Warranty is real, when annexed to lands and tenements granted in fee or for life, etc. And is in deed or in law; and personal, when it respects goods sold or their quality.
In common recoveries, a fictitious person is called to warranty. In the sale of goods or personal property, the seller warrants the title; the warranty is express or implied. If a man sells goods which are not his own, or which he has no right to sell, the purchaser may have satisfaction for the injury. And if the seller expressly warrants the goods to be sound and not defective, and they prove to be otherwise, he must indemnify the purchaser; of the law implies a contract in the warranty, to make good any defect. But the warranty must be at the time of sale, and not afterwards.
2. Authority; justificatory mandate or precept.
If they disobey any precept, that is no excuse to us, nor gives us any warranty to disobey likewise. [In this sense, warrant is now used.]
3. Security.
The stamp was a warranty of the public.
WARRANTY, v.t. To warrant; to guaranty. [A useless word.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a written assurance that some product or service will be provided or will meet certain specifications [syn: guarantee, warrant, warrantee, warranty]

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural -ties) Etymology: Middle English warantie, from Anglo-French warantie, garantie, from warentir to warrant Date: 14th century 1. a. a real covenant binding the grantor of an estate and the grantor's heirs to warrant and defend the title b. a collateral undertaking that a fact regarding the subject of a contract is or will be as it is expressly or by implication declared or promised to be 2. something that authorizes, sanctions, supports, or justifies ; warrant 3. a usually written guarantee of the integrity of a product and of the maker's responsibility for the repair or replacement of defective parts

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (pl. -ies) 1 an undertaking as to the ownership or quality of a thing sold, hired, etc., often accepting responsibility for defects or liability for repairs needed over a specified period. 2 (usu. foll. by for + verbal noun) an authority or justification. 3 an undertaking by an insured person of the truth of a statement or fulfilment of a condition. Etymology: ME f. AF warantie, var. of garantie (as WARRANT)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Warranty War"rant*y, n.; pl. Warranties. [OF. warantie, F. garantie. See Warrant, n., and cf. Guaranty.] 1. (Anc. Law) A covenant real, whereby the grantor of an estate of freehold and his heirs were bound to warrant and defend the title, and, in case of eviction by title paramount, to yield other lands of equal value in recompense. This warranty has long singe become obsolete, and its place supplied by personal covenants for title. Among these is the covenant of warranty, which runs with the land, and is in the nature of a real covenant. --Kent. 2. (Modern Law) An engagement or undertaking, express or implied, that a certain fact regarding the subject of a contract is, or shall be, as it is expressly or impliedly declared or promised to be. In sales of goods by persons in possession, there is an implied warranty of title, but, as to the quality of goods, the rule of every sale is, Caveat emptor. --Chitty. Bouvier. 3. (Insurance Law) A stipulation or engagement by a party insured, that certain things, relating to the subject of insurance, or affecting the risk, exist, or shall exist, or have been done, or shall be done. These warranties, when express, should appear in the policy; but there are certain implied warranties. --Bouvier. 4. Justificatory mandate or precept; authority; warrant. [R.] --Shak. If they disobey precept, that is no excuse to us, nor gives us any warranty . . . to disobey likewise. --Kettlewe??. 5. Security; warrant; guaranty. The stamp was a warranty of the public. --Locke. Syn: See Guarantee.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Warranty War"rant*y, v. t. To warrant; to guarantee.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(warranties) A warranty is a written promise by a company that, if you find a fault in something they have sold you within a certain time, they will repair it or replace it free of charge. ...a twelve month warranty... The equipment is still under warranty. = guarantee N-COUNT: also under N

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Stipulation, agreement. 2. Guaranty, security, surety, pledge, warrant.

Moby Thesaurus

affidavit, assurance, attestation, authority, authorization, avouch, avouchment, bail, bill of health, bond, certificate, certificate of proficiency, certification, clearance, countenance, credential, deposition, diploma, empowerment, enabling, enfranchisement, entitlement, faith, fiat, guarantee, guaranty, indemnity, insurance, navicert, notarized statement, note, oath, parole, pledge, plight, promise, ratification, sanction, security, sheepskin, solemn declaration, stocks and bonds, surety, sworn statement, testamur, testimonial, ticket, tie, troth, visa, vise, voucher, vow, warrant, witness, word, word of honor