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Quo Warranto Definition:
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Latin: legal procedure taken to stop a person or organization from doing something for which it may not have the legal authority, by demanding to know by what right they exercise the controversial authority.
Related Terms:
Certiorari,
Habeas Corpus,
Prohibition,
Mandamus,
Warrant
Latin: by what authority?
A challenge to a person allegedly improperly asserting a right to hold a public office.
The writ seeks to disenfranchise on the record a person or organization from doing something for which it may not have the legal authority, by demanding to know by what right they exercise the controversial authority.
Challenging a person's right to hold a public office.
As with the related remedies of mandamus, certiorari and prohibition, these remedies have been displaced by many jurisdictions and replaced by more generic-named tools such as injunctions or judicial review.
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