Category:Quo warranto

Quo" war*ran"to. Etym: [so called from the law l. words quo warranto (by what authority), in the original latin form of the writ. See Which, and warrant.] (law)

Defn: a writ brought before a proper tribunal, to inquire by what Warrant a person or a corporation acts, or exercises certain powers. Blackstone.

Note: an information in the nature of a quo warranto is now common as A substitute for the writ. Wharton.