| 单词 | writ of quo warranto |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswrit of quo warranto Originally: a royal writ obliging a person to show by what warrant an office or franchise is held or claimed (now historical); frequently as writ of quo warranto. Later: a legal information or action challenging an alleged right to hold an office or to exercise a power (usually attributive). Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > process, writ, warrant, or order > [noun] > writ > other types of writ utrumc1290 quo warrantoa1325 writ of right closea1325 writ of oyer and terminer1414 writ of right1414 quare impedit?a1424 prohibition?1435 praecipec1440 supplicavita1450 replevy1451 ouster-le-main1485 praecipe in capitec1523 value1527 inhibition1532 rehabilitation1533 melius inquirendum1549 ne exeat regnum1559 quo minus1592 letters (or writ) of supplementc1600 inhibition1603 fair pleading1607 ingressu1607 ne exeat regno1607 account1622 associationa1625 ship-writ1640 cessavit1641 ne exeat1644 devastavit1651 right close1651 writ of second deliverance1652 fair pleader1655 beaupleader1700 proclamation writ1713 writ of inquiry1809 writ of intendence and respondence1881 a1325 Statutes of Realm (2011) xi. 64 For þat te writes of quo waranto habbez iben longe hanginde, ant for þat me ne couþe noȝt þe issue of hoem. a1449 in S. A. Moore Lett. & Papers J. Shillingford (1871) ii. 126 (MED) They surmytten nor generall ne speciall seysyn therof, ne non allocucion by Quo Waranto generall ne speciall. 1535 tr. Natura Breuium (new ed.) 211 A wryt de Quo warranto. 1555 in W. H. Turner Select. Rec. Oxf. (1880) 224 To make answere to the Quo Warranto. 1621 H. Elsynge Notes Deb. House of Lords (1870) 5 He conceived noe charge against Yelverton for theis 3201 quo warrantos. 1686 in J. H. Trumbull Public Rec. Colony of Connecticut (1859) III. 368 The coppies of the Quo Warrantoes sent us by the secondary of the Cheriff of London. a1734 R. North Life F. North (1742) 129 That famous Practice..of Quo Warranto's against some Corporations. 1792 H. H. Brackenridge Mod. Chivalry I. i. ii. 50 In the case of the bank, would not a writ of quo warranto lie. 1805 Edinb. Rev. 6 19 We would also move for a Quo Warranto against the spirits of the river and the mountain. 1882 Harper's Mag. Nov. 899/1 On their refusal the king brought suit against the company on a writ of quo warranto. 1922 W. S. Holdsworth Hist. Eng. Law I. 132 The Quo Warranto enquiries resulted..in confirming the title of the holders of franchises if they could show that they had enjoyed them from the first year of Richard I's reign. 1960 J. Barth Sot-weed Factor i. x. 104 Penn, meanwhile, commenced a quo warranto suit against my entire charter. 2002 Morning Call (Allentown, Pa.) 10 Jan. b1/3 The council asked..for the meeting after authorizing [its] solicitor..to draw up a lawsuit called a quo warranto action. < as lemmas |
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