 | John Morgan (Barrister-at-law) - 1787 - 526 pages
...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 them. A quo warranto... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1791 - 506 pages
...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 . fupports his claim, in order to determine... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1800 - 562 pages
...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,...the right'. It lies alfo in cafe of non-ufer or long neglect of a franchife, or rnif-ufer or abufe of it -, being a writ commanding the defendant to fhew... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1800 - 568 pages
...public ufe, though the offender himfelf had efcaped the reach of juftice. e. A WRIT of quo -warranto is in the nature of a writ of right for the king,...fupports his claim, in order to determine the right r. It lies alfo in cafe of non-ufer or long neglect of a franchife, or mif-ufer or abufe of it ; being... | |
 | Kentucky. Court of Appeals, James Hughes, Achilles Sneed, Martin D. Hardin, George Minos Bibb, Alexander Keith Marshall, William Littell - 1846 - 780 pages
...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,... | |
 | South Carolina. Constitutional Court of Appeals - 1823 - 500 pages
...enquired into, this appears to me to be the proper mode. Judge Blackstone says, a writ of quo warranto is in the nature of a writ of right for the king against him who claims or usurps " any office," franchise or liberty, to enquire by what authority... | |
 | Sir William BLACKSTONE, Vincent WANOSTROCHT - 1823 - 872 pages
...information upon the breach of a penal law, no other information can be received. 5. A writ of quo warranto 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... | |
 | sir William Blackstone - 1825 - 568 pages
...public use, though the offender himself had escaped the reach of justice. (3) 5. A WRIT of quo warranto 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... | |
 | Richard Burn - 1831 - 1094 pages
...Stealing from. See Hartrng, Vol. III. Quorum, Meaning of. See Ausritts, Vol. III. A Writ of Quowarranto 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 (... | |
 | Thomas Edlyne Tomlins - 1835 - 862 pages
...to the lands or possessions of the crown ; as to which see title Information. A writ of quo warranto { h 8 F R , b n% u ] e lX8 against any person claiming or usurping any office, franchise, or liberty, to inquire by what authority... | |
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A WRIT of quo warranto 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 r. 
