| 单词 | information quo warranto |
| 释义 | > as lemmasinformation quo warranto d. information quo warranto (also information in the nature of quo warranto and variants). The step by which proceedings are begun to challenge an alleged right to hold an office or to exercise a power.In English law, superseding the royal writ of quo warranto: see quo warranto n. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > process, writ, warrant, or order > [noun] > other processes, writs, or warrants trailbaston1304 gavelet1313 withernam1314 praemunire facias1425 Valentine1556 statute of bankrupt1622 safeguard1670 avocatory1689 information quo warranto1690 statute of lunacy1706 jedge and warrant1720 habeas corpora1838 stop-order1875 caution1959 1690 R. L'Estrange Queries conc. Election Members Ensuing Parl. 6 Such respective City, Town, Burg or Cinque-port, whereof, or wherein he was a Member, at, or before the time of making such Surrender,..or prosecuting such Scire facias, Quo Warranto, or Information in nature of Quo Warranto. a1726 G. Gilbert Cases Law & Equity (1760) 157 He admitted, that if an Information Quo warranto were brought for several distinct Franchises, then there might be different Judgments. 1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. (1809) I. xviii. 485 An information in the nature of a writ of quo warranto, to enquire by what warrant the members now exercise their corporate power. 1827 H. Hallam Constit. Hist. Eng. II. xii. 323 An information, as it is called, quo warranto was accordingly brought into the Court of King's Bench against the corporation. 1877 Electoral Count 1877 (U.S. Electoral Comm.) 272 It has been settled in England for more than one hundred years, and is perfectly well settled in this country [sc. the United States], that information in the nature of quo warranto is in its nature a civil proceeding. 1926 Times 1 Apr. 5/3 Either proceedings by an information quo warranto would lie or they would not. The test was whether the office was of a public nature. 1946 Cambr. Hist. Jrnl. 8 157 Beales's supporters applied for a quo warranto information. 2001 E. Campbell & H. P. Lee Austral. Judiciary iv. 90 The Rules of the High Court of Australia and of the Supreme Court of Western Australia preserve informations in the nature of quo warranto. < as lemmas |
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