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Jenny Cox
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A bench warrant is an order issued by a judge for the arrest of a person. ---http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&oi=defmore&q=define:Bench+Warrant "Bench" is the seat occupied by the judge. More broadly, the court itself. ---www.indygov.org/courts/glossary.htm
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All warrants for arrest are signed by judges. Some are the result of an investigation by a police agency or a prosecutor's office. When a defendant disobeys a court order, such as failing to appear, failing to pay a fine or some other court order, the court, on it's own volition, issues a warrant to bring the defendant back before the court, the warrants issued by the court are known as bench warrants.
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In the UK a bench warrant is a warrant issued by the crown court as opposed to a magistrates court. Generally they are NO BAIL warrants.
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A warrant issued by the courts rather than the police.
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