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Whatever is received is applied according to the wish of the recipient.
SOLVITUR SEcundum modum solventis. Whatever is paid is to be applied according to the intention of the payor. 2 Vern. 606. See "Appropriation."
SOLVITUR SEcundum modum solventis; quicquld recipitur, reclpitur secundum modum recipientis. Whatever money is paid is paid according that of the recipient. 2 Vern. 606; Broom, Leg
Whatever is paid is applied according to the wish of the payer.
- Quicquid solvitur, solvitur secundum modum solventis; quicquid recipitur, recipitur secundum modum recipientisdefined inBallentine's (1916)
Whatever is paid is applied according to the wish of the payer; whatever is received is applied according to the wish of the recipient.
- Quicquid solvitur, solvitur secuudum modum solventis; quicquid recipitur, recipitur secundum modum recipientisdefined inBlack's (1910)
Whatever money is paid, is paid according to the direction of the payer; whatever money is received, is received according to that of the recipient. 2 Vern. 606; Broom, Max. 810.
- Qui cum alio contrabit, vel est, vel esse debet non ignarus conditionis ejusdefined inBlack's (1910)
He who contracts with another either is or ought to be not ignorant of his condition. Dig. 50, 17, 19; Story, Confl. Laws, § 76.
VEL EST, vel debet esse non ignarus conditionis ejus. He who contracts knows, or ought to know, the quality of the person with whom he contracts, otherwise he is not excusable. Dig
- Qui cum alio contrahit, vel est vel debet esse non ignarus conditionis ejusdefined inBallentine's (1916)
He who contracts with another is not or ought not to be ignorant of his condition.
Co. Litt. 344. Whoever has an ordinary jurisdiction is ordinary of that place.
Whoever has ordinary jurisdiction is the ordinary of that place.
- Quicunque jussu jndicis aliquid fecerit non videtur dolo malo fecisse, quia parere necesse estdefined inBlack's (1910)
10 Coke, 71. Whoever does anything by the command of a judge is not reckoned to have done it with an evll intent, because it is necessary to obey.
- Quicunque jussu judicis aliquid fecerit non videtur dolo malo fecisse, quia parere necesse estdefined inBallentine's (1916)
Whoever does anything by order of a judge is not deemed to have acted with evil design, because it is necessary to obey.
What.
Lat Somebody. This term is used in the French law to designate a person whose name is not known.
He who gives an end, gives the means necessary to the end. See 3 Mass. 129.
He who destroys the means destroys the end.
A writ to compel the holder of the particular estate to attorn to the grantee of the reversion or remainder.
He who ought to inherit from the father ought to inherit from the son. See 2 BL Comm. 250.
He who would have been heir to the father shall be heir to the son. 2 BL Comm. 223; Broom, Max. 517.
that without pretense of any entitlement to the payment, a public official violates § 1951 if he intends the payor to believe that absent payment the official is likely to abuse hi
For purposes of this section, the term “quid pro quo contribution” means a payment made partly as a contribution and partly in consideration for goods or services provided to the p
- Quidquid enim sive dolo et cnlpa venditoris accidit in eo venditor secnrus estdefined inBlack's (1910)
For concerning anything which occhrs without deceit and wrong on the part of the vendor, the vendor is secure. Brown v. Bellows, 4 Pick. (Mass.) 198.
- Quidquid enim sive dolo et culpa venditoris accidit in eo venditor securus estdefined inBallentine's (1916)
For as to anything which happens without the deceit or fault of the vendor, as to that the vendor is secure. See 4 Pick. (Mass.) 198.
ET IN QUO CONSISTIT injuria, legis est definire. What constitutes right, and what injury, it is the business of the law to declare. Co. Litt. 158b. QUIDAIVI (Lat. some one; somebod
What constitutes right, and what injury, it is the business of the law to declare. Co. Litt. 158b.
What is a right and in what an injury consists it is for the law to define.
A promise based upon an immoral consideration is not valid.
- Qui eoneedit aliquid, concedere videtur et id sine quo concessio est irrita, sine quo res ipsa esse non potuitdefined inBlack's (1910)
11 Coke, 52. He who concedes anything is considered as conceding that without which his concession would be void, without which the thing itself could not exist
He who grants anything grants everything without which the grant is fruitless. Jenk. Cent p. 32, case 63.
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?
adj. Unmolested; tranqull; free from interference or disturbance. —Quiet enjoyment. A covenant, usually inserted in leases and conveyances on the part of the grantor, promising tha
Quitclaim, which see.
Not to unsettle things which are established. 28 Barb. (N. Y.) 9, 22, QUIETARE (Law Lat.) To quit, acquit, discharge, or save harmless. A formal word in old deeds of donation and o
An acquittance.
L. Lat. To quit, acquit, discharge or save harmless. A formal word in old deeds of donation and other conveyances. CowelL
L. Lat. In old English law. Quitclaiin. Bract foL 33 b.
or QUIETUM CLAmare. To quitclaim or renounce all pretentensions of right and title. Cowell; Fleta. QUIETUS (Lat. freed or acquitted). -; — In English Law. A discharge; an acquittan
- Quiet Enjoymentdefined inCyclopedic (1922)Ballentine's (1916)Bouvier (1914)Black's (1910)Kinney (1893)
The name of a covenant in a lease, by which the lessor agrees that the lessee shall peaceably enjoy the premises leased. This covenant goes to the possession, and not to the title.
From as early a date as the year 1705, Virginia has never been without an act of limitation. And no class of laws is more universally sanctioned by the practice of nations, and the
Quitrents, which see.
Title by patent from the United States to a tract of ground, theretofore public, prima facie carries ownership of all beneath the surface, and possession under such patent of the s
To quitclaim. See Quitclaim .
A process for the discharge of an administrator by the probate court. See 140 Mass. 351, 54 Am. St. Rep. 473, 4 N. E. 606.
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
In old English law. Quit rent (g. v.) Spelman. QUILIBET POTEST RENUNCIARE JURI pro se inducto. Any one may renounce a law introduced for his own benefit. To this rule there are som
He who averts a cause,, averts its future effect.
Those who are born of an unlawful union, are not counted among children.
Those who are bom of an unlawful intercourse are not reckoned among the children. Co. 'Litt. 8a; Broom, Max. 519.
- Qui facit id quod plus est, facit id quod minus est, sed non convertiturdefined inBallentine's (1916)
He who does that which is more does that which is less, but it cannot be turned around.
- Qui facit per alium, facit per sedefined inCase LawCyclopedic (1922)Ballentine's (1916)Black's (1910)
Whether he personally, or by attorney representatively, subscribed the capitulation, does not appear; nor do we think it material, for the maxim is a true one, qui facit per alium,
He who has jurisdiction to free, has jurisdiction to bind.
He who has jurisdiction to loosen, has jurisdiction to bind. 12 Coke, 60. Applied to writs of prohibition and consultation, as resting on a similar foundation. Id.
He who clings to the letter clings to the rind. See 115 N. Y. 506, 12 Am. St. Rep. 819, 5 L. R. A. 340, 22 N. E. 188.
He who considers merely the letter of an instrument goes but skin dcep into its meaning. Co.. Litt 289; Broom, Max. 685.
- Qui ignorat quantum solvere debeat, non potest improbus videredefined inBallentine's (1916)Black's (1910)
He who does not know how much he ought to pay cannot appear dishonest (if he refuses).
A supersedeas granted where a writ was erroneously sued out or misawarded. OUI TAM (Lat. who as well). An action under a statute which imposes a penalty for the doing or not doing
He who succeeds to the right or property of another ought to use his right, [i. e., holds it subject to the same rights and liabilities as attached to it In the hands of the assign
He who succeeds to the right or ownership of another ought to enjoy the rights of the other.
- Qui in ntero est, pro jam acto nato habetur quoties de ejus commodo quaeriturdefined inBallentine's (1916)
One who is in the womb is regarded as actually born whenever his advantage is sought. See 1 Bl. Comm. 130.
He who is in the womb is held as already barn, whenever a question arises for his benefit.
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
One who enjoys his own right in- ’ jures no one. See 120 Fed. 766, 57 C. C. A. 70, 66 L. R. A. 444.
He who uses his legal rights harms do one. Carson v. Western R. Co.., 8 Gray (Mass.) 424. See Broom, Max. 379.
He who enjoys his own right works harm to no one. See 55 Fed. 895, 14 U. S. App. 336, 20 L. R. A. 733.
- Qui jussu judicis aliquod fecerit non videtur dolo malo fecisse, quia parere necesse estdefined inBallentine's (1916)Black's (1910)
He who does anything by order of a judge is not deemed to have acted deceitfully, because it is necessary to obey.
Whoever will; any one who will. Any person without distinction. Quilibet potest renunciare juri pro se introducto. Any one may renounce a right introduced for his own benefit. Any
Let each one guard his own fire. See 139 Fed. (U. S.) 528, 1 L. R. A. (N. S.) 533.
Every one may renounce or relinquish a right introduced for his own benefit 2 Inst 183 ; Wing. Max. p. 483, max. '123; 4 Bl. Comm. 317.
Anyone, can .renounce a right introduced in his behalf. See 213 Pa. 456, 110 Am. St. Rep. 554, 5 Ann. Cas. 476, 3 L. R. A. (N. S.) 1079, 63 Atl. 186.
In French marine law. Keel; the keel of a vessel. Ord. Mar. llv. 3, tit. 6, art. 8.
He Who acts badly hates the light 7 Coke, 66.
He who acts badly hates the light. 7 Coke, 66.
He who commands a thing to be done is held to have done it himself. Story, Bailm. § 147.
He who orders is deemed to have acted himself.
He who proves most recovers most. 9 Vin. Abr. 235.
He who proves most recovers most. 9 Viner, Abr. 235. QUI MOLITUR INSIDIAS IN PATRIAM Id facit quod Insanus nauta perforans navem In qua vehitur. He who betrays his country is like
- Qui molitur insidias in patriam id facit quod insanus nanta perforans navem in qua vehiturdefined inBlack's (1910)
He who betrays his country is llke the insane sallor who bores a hole in the ship which carries hiin. 3 Inst 36.
- Qui molitur insidias in patriam id facit quod insanus nauta perforans navem in qua vehiturdefined inBallentine's (1916)
He who lays snares against his country acts as did the insane sailor who bored holes in the ship in which he sailed.
He who is born out of lawful wedlock falls to the share of the mother.
Things which are done incontinently [or simultaneously with an act] are supposed to be inherent [in it; to be a constituent part of it] Co. Litt. 236b.
3 Bulst. 43. Things done in the king's court are presumed to be rightly done.
He who has not, gives not. He who has nothing to give, gives nothing. A person cannot convey a right that is not in him. If a man grant that which is not his, the grant is void. Sh
He who cannot pay with his purse must suffer in his ' person, lest he who offends should go unpunished. 2 Inst. 173; 4 Bl. Cornua. 20.
Hob. 336. He who has not the power of alienating is obliged to retain.
7 Coke, 27. Those fears are to be esteemed vain which do not affect a firm man.
Fears are considered groundless which do not affect a firm man.
ILLE NON DAT. Who has not, he gives not. Shep. Touch. 248; 4 Wend. (N. Y.) 619. QUI NON HABET IN AERE LUAT IN corpore, ne quis peccetur impune. He who cannot pay with his purse mus
He who has not, gives not. See 189 N. Y. 267, 12 L. R. A. (N. S.) 1083, 82 N. E. 127.
He who has nothing in his purse must pay the penalty with his body.
One who has not the power of alienating is under the necessity of retaining.
He who has no money must pay the penalty with his body, lest someone may offend without punishment.
He who does not disapprove approves. 3 Inst. 27. QUI NON LIBERE VERITATEM PROnunclat prodltor est veritatis. He who does QUI NON NEGAT FATETUR He who does not deny admits. A well-k
He who does not disapprove, approves.
He who does not freely speak the truth is a betrayer of the truth. '
He who does not speak the truth freely is a traitor of truth.
He who does not deny, admits.
He who does not prevent what he can prevent is deemed to do the act.
He who does not prevent that which he can prevent, is deemed to do the act.
He who does not forbid when he can, orders.