Quay

A wharf at which to load or land goods. (Sometimes spelled key.) In its enlarged sense the word quay means the whole space between the first row of houses of a city, and the sea or river; De Armas v. New Orleans, 5 La. 152, 215. So much of the quay as is requisite for the pubto private use, but the rest may be private property. A public quay in a city, dedicated to public use, does not cease to be locus publicus and become private property because it is leased by the public authorities for a purpose subservient to the public use; 140 U. S. 654. QUE ESTATE (quern statum, or which estate). A plea by which a man prescribes in himself those whose estate he holds.

2 Bla. Com. 270; 18 Viner, Abr. 133-140; Co. Litt. 121 a. See 24 L. Q. R. 366.