Quo warranto

Quo Warranto
(n) Quo Warranto is the writ petition challenging the right , title, authority, order of a person or corporation or authority.
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Quo warranto
Latin and referring to a special legal procedure taken to stop a person or organization from doing something for which it may not have the legal authority, by demanding to know by what right they exercise the controversial authority.

Quo warranto. By what warrant or authority. Warrantia chartæ. A warranty of deed or of title. Lineal warranty. Where the heir derived his title to the land warranted.
Wax. See Seal.

quo warranto
(kwoh wahr-rahn-toe) n. the name for a writ (order) used to challenge another's right to either public or corporate office or challenge the legality of a corporation to its charter (articles).

QUO WARRANTO, remedies. By what authority or warrant. The name of a writ issued in the name of a government against any person or corporation that usurps any franchise or office, ...

quo warranto, writ of An action or proceeding begun by an information or other pleading, in the nature of a writ, intended to prevent the exercise of power that is not conferred by law.

quo warranto
By what authority; a prerogative writ (q.v.) to remedy improper use of public office.
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Quo warranto
Definition - Noun
[Medieval Latin, by what warrant; from the wording of the writ]
1 : an extraordinary writ requiring a person or corporation to show by what right or authority a public office or franchise is held or exercised ...

Writ of Quo Warranto A writ ordering a government official (regardless of branch or level) to give an answer on the public record explaining by what authority he or she is acting in a particular situation.

Prerogative WritsThe remedies of certiorari, habeas corpus, mandamus, prohibition and quo warranto. They are also known as extraordinary remedies.

Related Terms: Certiorari, Prohibition, Mandamus, Quo Warranto
A challenge made by a prisoner in regards to the legality of his or her detention.

extraordinary writ - A writ, often issued by an appellate court, making available remedies not regularly within the powers of lower courts. They include writs of habeas corpus, mandamus, prohibition and quo warranto ...

Quo warranto: (Latin: by what authority) Judicial review procedure questioning the authority of a person or organisation.
Quorum: (Latin: of whom) Minimum number of people necessarily present at a meeting for business to be validly conducted.

" (R.S.C.,O. 65, r. 1.) The rule above stated applies to civil proceedings on the crown side of the king's bench division, including mandamus, prohibition quo warranto, and certiorari v. Woodhouse, 1906, 2 K.B. 502, 540); ...

See also: Warrant, Right, Person, Court, Law