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The civil action Morganelli would file is known as quo warranto, which is a legal proceeding to question whether someone is lawfully holding office.

unknown title 2009

Meanwhile, a judge has reinstated the sheriff with a writ of quo warranto Latin for "who put you in charge?", an obscure legal maneuver devised in 13th-century England.

Stephanie Woodard: South Dakota Election Scandal: Are Oglala Sioux Voting Rights Doomed? Stephanie Woodard 2010

Meanwhile, a judge has reinstated the sheriff with a writ of quo warranto (Latin for "who put you in charge?"), an obscure legal maneuver devised in 13th-century England.

Stephanie Woodard: South Dakota Election Scandal: Are Oglala Sioux Voting Rights Doomed? Stephanie Woodard 2010

Meanwhile, a judge has reinstated the sheriff with a writ of quo warranto Latin for "who put you in charge?"

Stephanie Woodard: South Dakota Election Scandal: Are Oglala Sioux Voting Rights Doomed? Stephanie Woodard 2010

Antieau noted the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled, "Quo warranto is addressed to preventing a continued exercise of authority unlawfully asserted, rather than to correct what has already been done. ..."

Obama and Holder Must Prosecute War Crimes or Become Guilty of Them Themselves 2009

"The common law writ of quo warranto has been suppressed at the federal level in the United States, and deprecated at the state level, but remains a right under the Ninth Amendment which was understood and presumed by the Founders, and which affords the only judicial remedy for violations of the Constitution by public officials and agents."

Obama and Holder Must Prosecute War Crimes or Become Guilty of Them Themselves 2009

Writs of quo warranto have been placed out of reach of ordinary citizens, or are denied under the doctrine of immunity.

The Volokh Conspiracy » “Incorporation,” Originalism, and the Confrontation Clause: 2009

The most common of the other such prerogative writs are quo warranto, prohibito, mandamus, procedendo, and certiorari.

Meera filed "Habeas Corpus Petition" in High Court 2008

Though it sounds like the title to a 1960s Spaghetti Western, "quo warranto" is from the medieval Latin for "by what warrant?" and dates from the 13th century in England when King Edward I was trying to recover his father King Henry III's lost land and belongings.

Quo Warranto sfmike 2007

Though it sounds like the title to a 1960s Spaghetti Western, "quo warranto" is from the medieval Latin for "by what warrant?" and dates from the 13th century in England when King Edward I was trying to recover his father King Henry III's lost land and belongings.

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