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quo warranto definition - legal

Latin

  1. A common law writ inquiring into the authority by which a public official claims his/her office.
  2. A state action with the intent of revoking the charter of a corporation that has abused or for a long period failed to exercise its franchise.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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