Quadroon

Defined in 6 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Anderson (1889), Abbott (1879)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

A person who is descended from a white person and another person who has an equal mixture of the European and African blood. 2 Bailey (S. C.) 558. See "Mulatto."

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

One distinctly whiter than a mulatto. See 126 La. 300, 139 Am. St. Rep. 514, 20 Ann. Cas. 1297, 52 South. 500; the issue of a white person and one half black.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

A person who is descended from a white person and another person who has an equal mixture of the European and African blood. State v. Davis, 2 Bail. (S. C.) 558. See Mulatto; Negro.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

A person who is descended from a white person and another person who has an equal mixture of the European and African blood. State v. Davis, 2 Bailey (S. Ct) 558.

A Dictionary of Law

William C. Anderson · 1889

See White. QU^RE. L. To _ question, inquire: query, inquiry. Denotes that a point of law is not fully considered, and is deemed doubtful. ^ F. pourvu, provision. i V » Payne v. Conner, 3 Bibb, 181 (1813). ' l Exp. Young, 0 Biss. 53-67 (1874), cases; 8 id. 318. < See Pixley v. Boynton, 79 111. 358 (1875). ' Pearce v. Foote, 113 111. 234 (1885), Scott, J. QU-ffi!STIO. L. An inquiry'; question. Ad qusestionem facti non respondent judices; ad qnsestionem legis non respondent juratores. To a question of fact the judges do not respond; to a question of law the jurors do not respond. See Jury. Cadit qusBStio. The question falls: discussion is at an end; there is no room for argument. Vexata qusestio. A mooted matter; a disputed point.

Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence

Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879

Progeny of a white person and a mulatto; a person of one-fourth negro blood.