Law Dictionary

He who does not forbid what he can forbid, is deemed to assent.

He who does not repel an injury when he can, causes it.

In five parts.

The Cinque Ports (g. v.).

or QUINZIME (Law Fr. and Eng.) In old English law. A fifteenth; a tax so called. Cowell. See "Fifteenths." QUINTO EXACTUS (Lat.) In old Btiglish law. The fifth call or last requisi

Fifteenths ; also the fifteenth day after a festival. 13 Edw. I. See Cowell.

A weight of hundred pounds.

A weight of one hundred pounds. Cowell.

A term used in the West Indies to designate a person one of whose parents was a white person and the other a quadroon. Aiso spelled "qulntroon." See Daniel v. Guy, 19 Ark. 131.

The issue of a white person and a quarterone. See 19 Ark. 121. See, also, Quarterone.

those places which by long tradition or by government fiat have been devoted to assembly and debate, such as parks, streets, and sidewalks.

Things which are so written in a will that they cannot be understood, are the same as lf they had not been written at all. Dig. 50, 17, 73, 3.

In outlawry process, the sheriff’s return after the fifth proclamation or summons. See 3 Bl. Comm. 283.

One who obstructs an approach, destroys a convenience.

4 Inst. 8L He who says all excludes nothing.

He who says all, excludes nothing.

NIHIL EXCLUDIT. He who says all excludes nothing. 4 Inst. 81. QUI PARCIT NOCENTIBUS INNOCENTIbus punit. He who spares the guilty punishes the innocent. Jenk. Cent. Cas. 126.

The disposition of the law is more equitable than that of man. 8 Coke, 152.

He who spares the guilty, punishes the innocent.

He who offends drunk must be punished when sober. Cary, 13£. QUI PER ALIUM FACIT PER SEIPSUM facere videtur. He who does anything through another is considered as doing it himself.

He who acts through another is deemed to do it himself.

He who does a thing by an agent is considered as doing it himself. Ch Litt. 258; Broom, Max. 817.

FRUSTRA agit. He who acts fraudulently acts In vain. 2 Rolle, 17.

He who acts fraudulently, acts vainly.

JUbet. He who can and ought to forbid, and does not, commands. QUI PRIMUM PECCAT ILLE FACIT rixam. He who first offends causes the strife. QUI PRIOR EST TEMPORE POTIOR est jure. He

He who can and ought to forbid a thing [lf he do not forbid it] directs it 2 Kent, Comin. 483, note,

He who can and ought to forbid, and is silent, orders. See 1 Johns. Ch. (N. Y.) 244.

He who offends first makes the quarrel.

etc. The to take two tuns of or more. 2. The place. expressing a tenprivate concerns, of Private corlaw affecting rights International law. private person or his Privatum incom- Pr

To support the position that where the assignment passes only an equity, notice is not necessary . . . and that if no legal estate passes, qui prior est in tempore, potior est in j

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

He who is before in time is the better in right. Priority in time gives preference in law. Co.. Litt. 14a; 4 Coke, 90a. A maxim of very extensive appllcation, both at law and in eq

He who is prior in time is stronger in right. See 165 HI. 592, 56 Am. St. Rep. 275, 36 L. R. A. 640, 46 N. E. 631.

He who is prior in time is stronger in right.

MIHl FEcisse videtur. He who does any benefit (to another) for me is considered as doing it to me. 2 Inst. 501. QUI PROVIDETSIBI PROVIDET HAEREdibus. He who provides for himself pr

He who does anything in my behalf is deemed to have rendered it to me.

2 Inst. 501. He who does anything for me appears to do it to me.

He who provides for himself provides for his heirs.

He who provides for himself, provides for his heirs.

2 Inst. 308. He who does not forbid what he is able to prevent, is considered to assent.

They who seek a reason for everything subvert reason. 2 Coke, 75; Broom, Max. 157.

He who seeks a reason for all things subverts reason.

In English law. A record in the exchequer, showing the tenures for guarding and repairing Dover Castle, and determining the services of the Cinque Ports. 3 How. St. Tr. 868.

In Roman law. Ownership in the strict forms of law; legal title, as distinguished from the equitable title known as "Bonitarian ownership." QUISQUIS EST QUI VELIT JURIS CONsultus h

One who knowingly pays what is not due is supposed to have done it with the intention of making a gift Walker v. Hill, 17 Mass. 388.

One who knowingly pays that which is not due is deemed to have done it with the intention of donating. See 17 Mass. 388.

He who has once relinquished his action cannot bring it agaim 8 Coke, 59a. A ruie descriptive of the effect of a retraxit and nolle prosequi.

One who once renounces an action cannot assert it again.

He who is once criminal is presumed to be always criminni in the same kind or way. Cro. Car. 317; Best, Ev. 345.

One who has once been bad is always presumed to be bad in the same way.

One who gains an advantage ought to assume the burden also. See 18 Wis. 155, 86 Am. Dec. 751.

1 Coke, 99a. He who bears the burden of a thing ought also to experience the advantage arising from it

One who assumes the burden ought also to gain the advantage. See 47 N. J. Eq. 569, 24 Am. St. Rep. 419, 11 L. R. A. 589, 21 Atl. 297.

Every; every one. Quisque utitur jure auctoris. Every of stating the principle of the maxim, nemo plus Juris ad alium transferre potest quam ipse habet, q. v.

Whoever; -whatever; every one who; all that.

Jenk. Cent. Whoever wishes to be a juris-consult, let him continually study, and desire to be taught by every one.

Anyone who wishes to be regarded as learned in the law should continue his study and should wish to be taught by whomsoever.

Everyone is presumed to be honest; and in doubtful cases it should be resolved in favor of the defendant.

Every one is presumed good; and in doubtful cases the resolution should be ever for the accused.

Exonerated. See, also, Notice to quit. See, also, Go quit.

He who is silent appears to consent. Jenk. Cent. Cas. 32. QUI TACET CONSENTIRE VIDETUR ubi tractatur de ejus commodo. He who is silent is considered as assenting, when his advantag

He who is silent is deemed to consent when his advantage is drawn into question. See 38 Fla. 169, 20 South. 938.

sed tamen verum est eum non negare. He who is silent does not indeed confess, but yet it is true that he does not deny. Dig. 50. 17. 142. QUI TAM (Lat. who as well). An action unde

He who is silent certainly does not confess, but it is nevertheless true that he does not deny.

Lat "Who as well--------------." An action brought by an ihformer, under a statute which establishes a penalty for the commission or omission of a certain act, and provides that th

A statutory action brought by an informer to recover a penalty for infraction of the law. See 73 N. Y. 473.

He who pays tardily pays less than he ought. Jenk. Cent. Cas. 38.

In the civll law. Equity, as opposed to strictum or summum jus, (q. v.) Otherwise called œquum, œquum bonum, œquum et bonum, œquum et justum. Calvin.

Equity acts upon the person. 4 Bouv. Inst. n. 3733.

Equity is the correction of that wherein the law, by reason of its generuiity, is deficient. Plowd. 375.

Equity is a certain correction ap-plled to law, because on account of its general comprehensiveness, without an exception, something is absent from it Plowd. 467.

Equity is a certain perfect reason, winch interprets and amends the written law, comprehended in no writing, but consisting in right reason alone. Co. Litt. 24b.

Equity is as it were equality; equity is a spectes of equality or equalization. Co. Litt 24.

Equity assists ignorance, but not carelessness.

Equity does not make law, but assists law. Lofft, 379.

Equity never counteracts the laws.

Equity follows the law. Glib. 186.

Equity abhors superfluous things. Lofft, 282.

Equity favors wives and children, creditors most of all.

In conveyancing. A form of deed of the nature of a release, containing words of grant as well as release. 2 Washb. Real Prop. 606. The term is in constant and general use in Americ

A* form of deed of the nature of a release containing words of grant as well as release. 3 Washb. R. P., 5th ed. 606. The term is in constant and general use in American law to den

having acquired his title by a quit-claim deed, he cannot be regarded as a bona fide purchaser without notice. In such cases the conveyance passes the title as the grantor held it,

Same as Quitclaim.

They who fear, take care and avoid. Branch, Princ.

He who says ali excepte nothing.

He who says all excepts nothing.

A rent paid by the tenant of the freehold, by which he goes quit and free, — ^that is, discharged from any other rent. 2 Bl. Comm. 42. In England, quit rents were rents reserved to

Certain established rents of the freeholders and ancient copyholders of manors were so called, because by their payment the tenant was free an'd "quit" of all other services.

Same as Chief rents.

A discharge or release; abbreviated from "acquittance." QUO ANIMO (Lat. with what intention). The intent; the mind with which a thing has been done; 17 111. 501; as, the quo animo

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

The name of a judgment rendered against a plaintiff for neglecting to prosecute his suit agreeably to law and the rules of the Penna. Pr. 84; Caines’s Pr. 102; Arch. Pr. 204; and a

Any; anyone; everyone. Quivis praesumitur bonus donee probetur contrarium. Every one is presumed innocent until the contrary is proved. A familiar principle of common law, called "

Anyone is presumed honest until the contrary is proved.

DECIPIATUR. Let him who wishes to be deceived be deceived. De Gex, M. & G. 687, 710; Shep. Touch. 56. QUIA (Lat.) In pleading. Because. This word is considered a term of affirmatio

Let him be deceived who wishes to be deceived. See 43 Cal. 110.

Let him who wishes to be deceived, be deceived. Broom, Max. 782, note; 1 De Gex, M. & G. 687, 710; Shep. Touch. 56.

Things derogatory to the common law are not to be drawn into precedent. Branch, Princ.

Jenk. Cant. 137. Every jurisdiction has its own bounds.