Quo Warranto definition

Quo Warranto literally means
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Quo Warranto means ‘by what warrant’. Through this writ, the Court calls upon a person holding a public office to show under what authority he holds that office. If it is found that the person is not entitled to hold that office, he may be ousted from it. Its objective is to prevent a person from holding an office he is not entitled to therefore preventing usurpation of any public office. It cannot be issued with respect to a private office.
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Examples of Quo Warranto in a sentence

  • The Attorney General secured the issuance of a Preliminary Order in Quo Warranto which deviated from Supreme Court Form 12 and provided that Judges Kinder and ▇▇▇▇▇ “are restrained and enjoined from appropriation or expending” any of the funds in this case and the three companion cases.

  • If Buffalo institutes a Quo Warranto action regarding Area I, Lincolnshire shall not contest or object to such action and shall consent to a judgment finding Lincolnshire’s annexation of Area I as invalid.

  • In her Motion and Petition the Respondent ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ noted the contentions of the Attorney General, the July 16 demand to turn over the funds which she held, the extant orders of the Court which prevented her from doing so and the extant order in the Quo Warranto action against Judges Kinder and ▇▇▇▇▇ which prevented them from entering any order transferring the funds.

  • Both parties hereto shall take all necessary action, to include but not by way of limitation Buffalo Grove instituting a Quo Warranto action, to disconnect Area I from Lincolnshire.

Related to Quo Warranto

  • Common Warrant Shares means the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Common Warrants.

  • Per Share Consideration means (i) if the consideration paid to holders of the Common Stock consists exclusively of cash, the amount of such cash per share of Common Stock, and (ii) in all other cases, the volume weighted average price of the Common Stock as reported during the ten (10) trading day period ending on the trading day prior to the effective date of the applicable event. If any reclassification or reorganization also results in a change in shares of Common Stock covered by subsection 4.1.1, then such adjustment shall be made pursuant to subsection 4.1.1 or Sections 4.2, 4.3 and this Section 4.4. The provisions of this Section 4.4 shall similarly apply to successive reclassifications, reorganizations, mergers or consolidations, sales or other transfers. In no event will the Warrant Price be reduced to less than the par value per share issuable upon exercise of the Warrant.

  • Option Warrants shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 2.2(a).

  • Warrant Stock means Common Stock issuable upon exercise of any Warrant or Warrants or otherwise issuable pursuant to any Warrant or Warrants.

  • Warrant Consideration has the meaning specified in Section 4(i)(i) hereof.