"general warrant" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2016, Peter Ackroyd, Revolution, Pan Macmillan, published 2017, page 200:",
          "text": "Wilkes himself was placed in the Tower, but in two appearances in Westminster Hall at the beginning of May he denounced general warrants as illegal […].",
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        "A warrant issued without naming any specific person, which can be issued to anyone suspected of an offence."
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        "(law, now historical) A warrant issued without naming any specific person, which can be issued to anyone suspected of an offence."
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