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Queen’s Proctor

Defined in 1 dictionary — Bouvier (1914)

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

A proctor or solicitor representing the crown in the former practice of the courts of probate and divorce. Moz. & W. Law Diet.,QUEEN’S REMEMBRANCER. See Remembrancer. QUERELA (Lat.). An action preferred in any court of justice. The plaintiff was called querens, or complainant, and his brief, complaint, or declaration was called querela. Jacob, Law Diet QUERELA CORAM REGE ET C0NCILI0 DISCUTIENDA ET TERMINANDA (Lat.). A writ by which one was called to justify a complaint of a trespass made to the king himself, before the king and his council. Reg. Orig. 124. QUERELA IN0 F FICI0SI TESTAMENTI (Lat. complaint of an undutiful or unkirid will). In Civil Law. A species of action allowed to a child who had been unjustly disinherited, to set aside the will, founded on the presumption of law, in such cases, that the parent was not in his right mind. Calvinus, Lex.; 2 Kent 327. See Inofficious Testament.