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Meaning of "quo warranto" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD QUO WARRANTO

From Medieval Latin: by what warrant.
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PRONUNCIATION OF QUO WARRANTO

quo warranto  [ˈkwəʊ wɒˈræntəʊ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF QUO WARRANTO

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Quo warranto is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES QUO WARRANTO MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Quo warranto

Quo warranto is a prerogative writ requiring the person to whom it is directed to show what authority they have for exercising some right or power they claim to hold.

Definition of quo warranto in the English dictionary

The definition of quo warranto in the dictionary is a proceeding initiated to determine or a writ demanding by what authority a person claims an office, franchise, or privilege.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH QUO WARRANTO


ailanto
eɪˈlæntəʊ
canto
ˈkæntəʊ
conjunto
kɒnˈdʒʊntəʊ
conto
ˈkɒntəʊ
coranto
kɒˈræntəʊ
Esperanto
ˌɛspəˈræntəʊ
junto
ˈdʒʊntəʊ
Lepanto
lɪˈpæntəʊ
manteau
ˈmæntəʊ
montanto
mɒnˈtæntəʊ
panto
ˈpæntəʊ
pinto
ˈpɪntəʊ
portmanteau
pɔːtˈmæntəʊ
pronto
ˈprɒntəʊ
punto
ˈpʊntəʊ
Sacramento
ˌsækrəˈmɛntəʊ
santo
ˈsɑːntəʊ
tanto
ˈtæntəʊ
Taranto
təˈræntəʊ
Toronto
təˈrɒntəʊ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE QUO WARRANTO

quo vadis
quo vadis?
quoad
quod
quod erat demonstrandum
quodlibet
quodlibetarian
quodlibetic
quodlibetical
quodlibetically
quodlin
quohog
quoif
quoin
quoin post
quoist
quoit
quoiter
quoits
quokka

WORDS THAT END LIKE QUO WARRANTO

aggiornamento
Agrigento
bel canto
cento
come into
divertimento
enter into
get into
go into
Gulf of Lepanto
Gulf of Taranto
into
lento
onto
Otranto
put money into
run into
Strait of Otranto
Trento
unto

Synonyms and antonyms of quo warranto in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «quo warranto» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF QUO WARRANTO

Find out the translation of quo warranto to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of quo warranto from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «quo warranto» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

现状令状
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

quo warranto
570 millions of speakers

English

quo warranto
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अधिकार-पृच्छा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الوضع warranto
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

кво warranto
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

quo warranto
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কোও ওয়ারেন্টো
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

quo warranto
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Quo warranto
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

quo warranto
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

現状はwarranto
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

현상 유지 는 warranto
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kapan wae
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hiện warranto
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Quo warranto
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कोवो वॉरंटो
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Garanti sözleşmesi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

quo warranto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

quo warranto
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

кво warranto
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

quo warranto
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

quo warranto
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

quo warranto
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

quo warranto
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

quo warranto
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of quo warranto

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «QUO WARRANTO»

The term «quo warranto» is normally little used and occupies the 113.962 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «QUO WARRANTO» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «quo warranto» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «quo warranto» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about quo warranto

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «QUO WARRANTO»

Discover the use of quo warranto in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to quo warranto and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Quo Warranto
1901 Intrigue, romance, intertwined with clairvoyance forms a story of a group of people on ship from Great Britain to New Zealand.
Henry Goodacre, 1996
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Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum: ...
Placitum de Quo Warranto super Liberfatibus clamatis per MatihæuTn de Eynglefelde Episcopum Ban- 82. gorensem. 49. Placitum de Quo Warranto super Libertatibus clamatis per Walterum de Manny Custodem Caftri de Hardelaghe, ...
‎1808
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The law-dictionary: explaining the rise, progress, and ...
I extended to writs of mandamus and informations in the nature of t quo warranto. The statutes of amendment and jeofails not being construed to extend to criminal proceedings, or on penal statutes in general. Bull. N. P. 325. 2 Mod. 144.
Giles Jacob, Sir Thomas Edlyne Tomlins, 1811
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The Law of Municipal Corporations: Together with a Bief ...
Together with a Bief Sketch of Their History, and a Treatise on Mandamus and Quo Warranto John William Willcock. 453 CHAPTER III. QUO WARRANTO, AND INFORMATION IN THE NATURE OF QUO WARRANTO. Section I. QUO ...
John William Willcock, 1827
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Corporations: Including Unincorporated Form of Doing Business
Historically, the common law quo warranto action was available to the state, usually through its attorney general, to cause the forfeiture of a corporation's existence or to prevent the corporation from continuing its harmful activities.6 Most ...
James D. Cox, Thomas Lee Hazen, 2003
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Informations (criminal and Quo Warranto), Mandamus, and ...
It includes the writings of major legal theorists, including Sir Edward Coke, Sir William Blackstone, James Fitzjames Stephen, Frederic William Maitland, John Marshall, Joseph Story, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. and Roscoe Pound, among others ...
John Shortt, 2010
7
The Statutes at Large, from Magna Charta to the End of the ...
Ishe Statute of Quo Warranto, made Anno 18 Edw. I. Stat, 2. and Anno Dom. 1 290. How they shall hold their Liberties which claim them by Prescription or Grant . A ^uo Warranto shall be pleaded and determined before Justices in Eyre.
Great Britain, Owen Ruffhead, 1763
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Edward I
4 D.W. Sutherland, Quo Warranto Proceedings in the Reign of Edward I (Oxford, 1963), 1 7-27. The order for the investigation of franchises made at Gloucester is printed ibid., 190-3. My debt to Sutherland's important book cannot be properly ...
Michael Prestwich, 1988
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Dismembering the Body Politic: Partisan Politics in ...
But again, in cases where we know that the attorney general was ordered to begin quo warranto proceedings or where a corporation received threats of one, the record is spotty. A quo warranto ordered against Barnstaple in early 1664 - "in  ...
Paul D. Halliday, 2003
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A Digest of the Laws of England
-ill a Quo Warranto. Fide ^10 Warranto, (C. 7.) - — in Replevin, Fide Pleader, (3 K . 31.) -of SDiOcr^f of Commissioners of Seines, Fide Sewers, (H. 3.) —upon a Statute or Eceocnisanee. Fide Statute Staple, (D. 1, &c.) of a €ru(t Fide Chancery  ...
Sir John Comyns, Stewart Kyd, 1793

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «QUO WARRANTO»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term quo warranto is used in the context of the following news items.
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Why Does IL Attorney General Lisa Madigan Refuse To Prosecute …
Illinois has a little-known provision of the law called a Quo Warranto application. Once public malfeasance by an officeholder or unit of government is ... «Forbes, Jul 15»
2
College of DuPage – AG Confirms – Dave Carlin Violated OMA …
An in depth legal analysis was taken to pursue a Quo Warranto action by Adam Andrzejewski with American Transparency. Attorney General Lisa Madigan and ... «Edgar County Watchdogs, Jul 15»
3
Judge halts legal effort to oust St. Louis County prosecutor …
Judge Joseph Walsh on Thursday dismissed what's known as a quo warranto action filed by four North County activists. The group was asking Walsh to appoint ... «St. Louis Public Radio, Jul 15»
4
Harvey alderman a felon
And if elected, both citizens and the Cook County State's Attorney's office can file a quo warranto petition, which enables a public integrity unit to investigate the ... «Chicago Sun-Times, Jun 15»
5
Harvey alderman's criminal record raises questions
... just begun to investigate the matter at this time to collect the facts and to determine whether we will be proceeding with a 'quo warranto' civil legal proceeding." «WLS-TV, Jun 15»
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Commerce City Council Secretly Initiates Litigation to Recall …
Quo warranto is a special form of legal action used to resolve a dispute over whether a specific person has the legal right to hold the public office that he or she ... «Los Cerritos News, Apr 15»
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Quo Warranto Writ Threat against Mani
KOTTAYAM: Questioning the relevance of the constitution of the Kerala Congress (M), P C George said here on Friday that he would file a quo warranto writ in ... «The New Indian Express, Apr 15»
8
Mobile constable who struck pedestrian is called to court; Assistant …
A quo warranto petition has been filed by Assistant District Attorney Keith Blackwood against John Arnold, who led a funeral procession almost a week ago ... «AL.com, Mar 15»
9
Malini Gaud's election as mayor lands in legal wrangle
INDORE: Challenging the election of Indore-IV MLA Malini Gaud as mayor, a writ of quo warranto, legal proceedings during which an individual's right to hold an ... «Times of India, Mar 15»
10
Text of ruling in McCrory v. Berger
Affirmative Defenses to the Governors' Complaint for Declaratory Judgment, Injunctive Relief and Relief in the nature of Quo Warranto. In addition, the ... «News & Observer, Mar 15»

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