Querela

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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 given to the three actions of querela inofflciosi testamenti, querela inofficiosce donationis, and querela inofficiosm dotis. Querela inofflciosi testamenti: a complaint of an inofficious or undutiful will; a species of action allowed to a child unjustly disinherited in its parent's will, to rescind the will, as not consistent with parental duty.