1) Latin legal terminology
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(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).
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Quo warranto (Medieval Latin for `by what warrant?`) is a prerogative writ requiring the person to whom it is directed to show what authority they have for exercising some right or power (or `franchise`) they claim to hold. ==History== Quo warranto had its origins in an attempt by King Edward I of England to investigate and recover royal lands...
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• A writ brought before a proper tribunal, to inquire by what warrant a person or a corporation acts, or exercises certain powers.
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In England, writ issued by the Court of the King's Bench from mid-13th century demanding proof of liberty holders rights to enjoy such privileges. The measure was first used by Edward I to...
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(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` war·ran'to (kwō` wŏr*răn'to). [ So called from the Law Latin words
quo warranto (by what authority), in the original Latin form of the writ. See
Which , and
Warrant .]
(Law) A writ brought before a proper tribunal, to inquire by what warrant a person or a corporation a...
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n] - a hearing to determine by what authority someone has an office or franchise or liberty
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noun a hearing to determine by what authority someone has an office or franchise or liberty
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(formerly, in England) a writ calling upon a person to show by what authority he or she claims an office, franchise, or liberty. · (in England and the U.S.) a trial, hearing, or other legal proceeding initiated to determine by what authority one has an office, franchise, or liberty. · the pleading initiating such a proceeding.
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