Quater Cousin
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
"The very name of express, by way of irony, the last and most trivial degree of intimacy and regard." Bl. Law Tr. 6. QUATUOR PED1BUS CURRIT (Law Lat.) Runs upon four feet; runs upon all fours. A term used to denote an exact correspondence. See "All Fours." Nullum simile quatuor pedibus currit, no simile holds in everything. Co. Litt. 3a. "It does not follow that they (a trust and an equity of redemption) run quatuor p6dibus." 1 W. Bl. 145. QUATUORVIRI (Lat. four men).
In Roman law. Magistrates who had the care and inspection of roads. Dig. 1. 2. 3. 30.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910