Legal Definition and Related Resources of Quo animo
Meaning of Quo animo
(Lat. with what intention). The intent; the mind with which a thing has been done; 17 111. 501; as, the quo animo with which the words were spoken may be shown by the proof of conversations of the defendant relating to the original defamation. 19 Wend. (N. Y.) 296.
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Concept of “Quo Animo”
Traditional meaning of quo animo in English (with some legal use of this latin concept in England and the United States in the XIX Century) [1]: (in Latin) With what intention, motive; see 19 Wend. 296. Quo jure (by what title): a writ for one against another claiming common of pasture in his land. Quo minus (by which, not): words at the beginning of the old writs in Exchequer, suggesting the fiction that the plaintiff was the King’s debtor; see 3rd Book (“Of Private Wrongs”), Blackstone’s Commentaries on the Laws of England 46. Quo warranto (by what warrant): an old prerogative writ of right for the King against one who usurped an office, franchise, or title, requiring him to show his authority; see 3rd Book (“Of Private Wrongs”), Blackstone’s Commentaries on the Laws of England 262, 263; Robinson’s Elementary Law Rev. ed.; § 268. Information in the nature of a quo warranto: originally a criminal information for the wrongful use of a franchise, is now the usual civil method for trying the title to public or corporate offices.
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- Based on A Concise Law Dictionary of Words, Phrases and Maxims, “Quo Animo”, Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1911, United States. It is also called the Stimson’s Law dictionary. This term and/or definition may be absolete.
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