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QUO WARRANTO
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Dictionary entry overview: What does quo warranto mean?
• QUO WARRANTO (noun)
The noun QUO WARRANTO has 1 sense:
1. a hearing to determine by what authority someone has an office or franchise or liberty
Familiarity information: QUO WARRANTO used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A hearing to determine by what authority someone has an office or franchise or liberty
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("quo warranto" is a kind of...):
hearing ((law) a proceeding (usually by a court) where evidence is taken for the purpose of determining an issue of fact and reaching a decision based on that evidence)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
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