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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

Same as Cater cousin.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

See Cousin.