quo warranto

短语

(旧时英国法庭所发)责问某人根据什么行使职权[享受特权]的令状

词形变化

quo warrantos 复数 quo warrantos

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A legal proceeding used to challenge the right of an individual or corporation to hold a public office or to exercise a certain franchise or privilege.

    法律

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

hearing

词源

Borrowed from Medieval Latin quō warrantō (“by what warrant”).

来源：wiktionary