A Law Dictionary and Glossary

qnarentine or quarentene. The period of forty days; the time during which a widow may remain in the chief house of her husband after his death, pending; assignment of dower. The ti

querel, /. fr. In old English law. A complaint or suit

I. fr. In old English law. The fourth part of a day.

I. Of whom; whereof. The word has In modern law become a substantive, used in the titles of justices of the peace, and thence as an ordinary word, to denote a certain number of per

I. Although. Quamvis aliquid per se men si sit mali exempli, non est faciendum: may not be bad in itself, yet, if it is of bad done. Qnamvis lex generaliter loquitur, est, nt, cess

I Of how much less; ' what reduction.

I I. In old English and Scots law. Qnarentine; widow's quarentine. v. Quarentine.

I. fr. To quash. Qnasse: quashed.

Inquiry; interrogation; an interrogation put to a witness; a subject of inquiry. v. Federal question; Leading question. In old English law. The rack used to extort confession from

I Whatever. mino: whatever is acquired ter; whatever rights are principal. Qnicquid est ever is against the rule of actum est, lege prohibetur: by law. Quicquid judicis snbjicitnr:

qnietantia, I. I. In old English law. A quittance, acquittance.

I. In old English law. The Cinque Ports.

quinzime, I. fr. and eng. In old English law. A fifteenth; a tax so called.

/. Of how many kinds; of how many fold.

II As; considered as; in the capacity of. tiuacunque via data, I Whichever way given; in whichever view of the case.

The third volume of the year books of Edward III., so called, because beginning with the fortieth year of the reign.

I In Scots law. The term of four years allowed to a minor, after his majority, in which to sue to annul any deed to his prejudice, granted during his minority.

L In the civil law. A pleading on the part of a defendant, following the triplicatio, and corresponding to the rebutter at common law.

statiin capientium Hunt, I Things which are taken from enemies immediately become the property of the to one object] ought not to be perverted to another; the sense of ■words charg

I. An inquiry; a question, v. Cadit questio. In the civil law. The question; the torture; inquiry or inquisition, ({uale jns, 2. In old English law. What kind of which lay where a

Fitted or prepared; restricted, limited Ued elector, or voter: a person who has a legal ified for office: prepared by the filing of a bond oath, or both. Qualified property: a temp

To make fit; to prepare for the discharge dutie."! of an ofl Sce or trust by the filing of a an oath, or both; to i-estrict, limit or modify.

L As long as; so long as; a word of veyances. Quaindiu se bene gesserit: as long himself well; during good behavior; a term tenure of office, especially of judicial offices.

Applied to an estate, denotes the duration and extent of the tenant's interest as whether for years, for life or in fee. tain the amount of damages. Qiiantnm mernit: as much as he

In old English law. A complaint or plaint; an action; a cause of action; a controversy or debate.

A fourth part or portion. Quarter of a year: ninety-one days, the additional six hours not being regarded. In English law. Quarter sessions: a criminal court held before two or mor

In English law. The dividing of a criminal's body into quarters, after execution,— a part of the punishment for high treason.

I I. On the fourth day after; the name given to the fourth day inclusive after the return of a writ, on which, if a desufficient Otherwise called the appear- (jnash. To overthrow;

1. 1. Runs upon four feet; runs upon all fours. A term used to denote an exact correspondence, v. Nullum simile, etc.

In English law. The court of King's Bench,— so called during the reign of a queen. Queen's counsel: barristers called within the bar, and selected to be the queen's counsel, learne

1. 1. In old English law. A complaint or plaint in an action; a plaintiff's count or declaration; an action preferred in any court of justica In the civil law. A complaint A name g

qnerrel, i. /r. In old English law. A complaint; an action. ({uerens, L In old English law. A plaintiff; the plaintiff or complaining party.

I. I. In old English law. A quest; an inquest upon the oaths of an impaneled jury.

I. Who; he who. Qui adimit medium, dirimit linem: he who takes away the mean destroys the end. Qui aliqnid statuerit, parte inaudita altera, eequum licet dixerit, haud sequum fecer

I. Because; used in old sideration of a grant Quia statute of Westminster 3, should be lawful for every ure, the feoffee holding of the same services and them. Quia timet: because

Living; alive.

acquiritur doby the servant is acquired for the masacquired by an agent are acquired for his contra normam recti, est injuria: whatright is a wrong. Qnicquid in excessn whatever is

I It is doubted. Quseritur ut crescnnt tot magna TOluniina legis? In promptu causa est,— crescit in orbe dolus: the question is asked, why the volumes of the law multiply so fast?

or quiete clamantia, 1. 1 In old English law. Quitclaim.

I. I. To quit, acquit, discharge or save harmless. Quiete,/. Quietly; in quiet; peaceably. A formal word in ancient deeds.

quietum clamare, I. I. In old English law. To quitclaim; to renounce all pretension of right and title..

covenant for. A covenant whereby a grantor agrees that the grantee shall hold the land conveyed, undisturbed by himself or others.

I. I. In American law. The discharge of an executor or administrator. In English law. An acquittance or discharge; a word used by the clerk of the pipe and auditors in the excheque

quittns, 1. 1. In old English law. Quit; clear; free; acquitted; discharged. Quietus redditus: quit rent Quilibet potest renunciare juri pro se introdncto, I. Any one may renounce

uemini facit injuriam: he who uses his own right harms no one. v. Non videtur, etc. Qui jussu judicis aliquod fecerit, non videtur dolo malo fecisse, quia parere necesse est: be wh

I. In old English law. Called or exacted the fifth time; a return by the sheriff after the fifth and last proclamation, in outlawry.,Quit. Free; clear; discharged; released; acquit

potior est is the better in right;, priority in Qui rationem in omnibus qusernnt, who seek a reason in [for] everything actionem renunciaverit, amplins has once relinquished his ac

I. I. In old Scots law. Quit; free, (juittos et immunes: quit and clear.

eodem modo dissolvitur, Z. In whatever way a thing is constituted, in the same way is it dissolved (a record by a record, writing by writing, parliament by parliament, parol by par

1. 1 Since the Attachments; one of the oldest

I. In whatever manner.