CODE OF VIRGINIA COMMON-LAW WRIT OF QUO WARRANTO AND INFORMATION IN THE NATURE OF WRIT OF QUO WARRANTO ABOLISHED; STATUTORY WRIT OF QUO WARRANTO ESTABLISHED (ยง 8.01-635) The common-law writ of quo warranto and information in the nature of writ of quo warranto is hereby abolished and superseded by the statutory writ of quo warranto. HISTORY: 1977, c. 617.