quo warranto

The writ of quo warranto was created during this same period.

He advised the Republicans to seek remedy quo warranto in the state courts.

Clark v. Klingensmith, an individual who lost an election brought an action for quo warranto challenging his opponent's right to hold office.

In the Gascon inquest there is little suspicion, however, of rigorous quo warranto proceedings.

They were analogous to quo warranto proceedings.

It was a well drafted and diplomatic letter designed to aid the efforts of Brenton in averting another quo warranto.

In 1329 Quo warranto proceedings, a way of legally testing claims of authority, were taken against the abbey.

Royal gains from the Quo warranto proceedings were insignificant; few liberties were returned to the king.

The relator furnishes the knowledge or facts on which an information or a proceeding in quo warranto is based.

The Hundred Rolls formed the basis for the later legal inquiries called the Quo warranto proceedings.

These writs are habeas corpus, mandamus, prohibition, quo warranto and certiorari.

Some states continue to use writ procedures, such as quo warranto, that have been abolished as a procedural matter in federal courts.

Edward I's quo warranto proceedings of 1293 showed twelve lords enjoying more or less extensive franchises under the bishop.

In 1676 he defended Stockbridge, Hampshire on a Quo warranto charge, which he lost.

Quo warranto (Medieval Latin for "by what warrant?")

The attorney general may institute quo warranto proceedings against anyone unlawfully holding office or move to oust any public official for malfeasance in office.

Feudal jurisdiction was regulated by the Statute of Gloucester and Quo Warranto.

Mettingham seems to have specialised in Quo warranto cases, but also heard ordinary civil litigation cases in at least five Counties.

This led directly to this issuance of a quo warranto writ demanding the surrender of the colonial charter.

In 1688 he was made a justice, and advised the House of Lords on the legality of Quo warranto seizures.

The charters of nearly all the corporations, about one hundred in number, were brought into the exchequer by writs of quo warranto and declared void.

In 1397, the Commons plea that the Articles be pardoned except for pleas of land, quo warranto, treason, robbery, or other felonies.

These were followed by the Statute Quo Warranto and the Statute of Mortmain (1279).

The exclusive jurisdiction of this court also covers such matters as declaratory judgments, habeas corpus, mandamus, quo warranto and prohibition.

The governor instructed Attorney General Eugene Cook to institute quo warranto proceedings against the group to revoke its charter.