Que estate
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Anderson (1889), Abbott (1879)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Which estate; whose estate.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
In Fr. Whose estate. A term used in pleading, particularly in claiming prescription, by which it is alleged that the plaintiff and those former owners ichose estate he has have immemorially exercised the right claimed. This was called "prescribing in a que estate."
A Dictionary of Law
William C. Anderson · 1889
See Pkescription, 3.
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
An expression in pleading, now obsolete, used to avoid prolixity in setting forth the chain of title alleged by a party claiming a prescriptive right.