Quo WarrantoA writ against a defendant (whether an individual or a corporation) who lays claim to something he has no right to; so named because the offender is called upon to show quo warranto [rem] usurpavit (by what right or authority he lays claim to the matter of dispute). Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Quo Warranto from Infoplease:
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