 A writ of quo warranta is in the nature of a writ of right for the king, against him who claims or usurps any office, franchise, or liberty, to inquire by what authority he supports his claim, in order to determine the right...  Blackstone's Commentaries Abridged - Page 370by William Blackstone, William Cyrus Sprague - 1899 - 544 lehteFull view - About this book
 | John Morgan (Barrister-at-law) - 1787 - 526 lehte
...M. That he has admitted his clerk, Id. H. QJJO [ 103 QJJ OWARRANT O. /. When it lies. A quo warranto is in the nature of a writ of right for the king, againft him who ufurps, or claims any franchiles, or liberties, to fay by what authority he claims... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1791 - 506 lehte
...public ufe, though the offender himfelf had efcaped the reach of juftice. 5. A WRIT of quo warrants is in the nature of a writ of right for the king, againft him who claims or ufurps any office, franchifc, or liberty, to inquire by what authority he... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1794 - 588 lehte
...public ufe, though the offender himfelf had efcaptd the reach of jultice. 5. A WRIT of quo -warranto is in the nature of a writ of right for the king, againft him who claims or ufurps any office, franchife, or liberty, to inquire by what authority he... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1800 - 562 lehte
...public ufe, though the offender himfelf had efcaped the reach of juftice. ;. A \VUIT of quo •warranto is in the nature of a writ of right for the king, againft him who claims or ufurps any office, franchife, or liberty, to inquire by what authority he... | |
 | Kentucky. Court of Appeals, James Hughes, Achilles Sneed, Martin D. Hardin, George Minos Bibb, Alexander Keith Marshall, William Littell - 1846 - 780 lehte
...rights and the repression of public wrongs. "A writ of quo warranlo, (according to the common law,) is in the nature of a writ of right for the King, (and here for the Commonwealth,) against him who claims or exercises any office, franchise, or liberty,... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1809 - 684 lehte
...used in the Court of Exchequer, where it gives (lie title to the common process. QUO Worromto, is in nature of a writ of right for the King, against him...liberty, to inquire by what authority he supports bis claim, in order to determine the right. R. R Or r, a liquid consonant, being the i» seventeenth... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1809 - 716 lehte
...used in the Court of Exchequer, where it gives the title to the common process. QUO Horrante, is in nature of a writ of right for the King, against him who rlaimt or usurps any office, franchise, or libf rty, to inquire by what authority he supports his claim,... | |
 | William Selwyn - 1812 - 732 lehte
...ancient writ of quo warranto (1), whence the informat ion of the present day derives its origin, was in the nature of a writ of right for the king, against persons who claimed or usurped any office, franchise, liberty, or privilege belonging to the crown,... | |
 | Joseph Chitty - 1812 - 710 lehte
...merely nominal, and the proceeding is in some respects of a civil nature (q). This is a proceeding in the nature of a writ of right for the king, against a person who usurps or claims any franchises or liberties, requiring him to shew by what authority... | |
 | Thomas Potts - 1815 - 836 lehte
...others, and so called from the words of the commission, qutrum ununt au volumust QUO WARRANTO, is In nature of a writ of right for the king, against him who cluiius or usurps any office, franchise, or liberty, to Inqure by what authority he support« his claim,... | |
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