Qui
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Kinney (1893), Stimson (1881), Bouvier (1839)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
I. Who; he who. Qui adimit medium, dirimit linem: he who takes away the mean destroys the end. Qui aliqnid statuerit, parte inaudita altera, eequum licet dixerit, haud sequum fecerit: he who determines any matter without hearing both sides, though he may have decided right, has not done justice. Qui alterius jure utitur, eodem jure uti debet: he who uses the right of another ought to use the same right [that is, ought to use it subject to the rights and liabilities pertaining to it]. Qui approbat non reprobat: one who approbates [ratifies] cannot reprobate [repudiate, as to a. part]. Qui bene disting'uit, bene docet: he who distinguishes well teaches welL Qui bene iuterrogat, bene docet: he who questions well teaches well Qui concedit aliquid, concedit omne id sine quo concessio est irrita: he who grants any thing, grants everything without which the grant is fruitless. Qui contemnit praeceptnm, contemnit prsecipientem: he who contemns [contemptuously treats] a command, contemns the pai-ty who gives it Qui destruit medium, destruitilnem: lie who destroys the mean destroys the end. Qui ex damnato coitu nascuntur inter liberos non compntantur: they who are born of a condemned [or illicit] connection are not counted among children. Qui facit per alinm, facit per se: he who acts through another acts of himself. Qui habet jnrisdietionem absolvendi, liabet jurisdictiouem li^andi: he who has jurisdiction to loosen has jurisdiction to bind; applied to writs of prohibition and consultation, as resting on a similar foundation. Qui haeret in litera, haeret in cortice: he who sticks [stops] in the letter stops in the rind [or outer covering]; he who stops in the mere let^ ter of an instrument (goes no farther than the mere words of it), stops in its outer covering, and does not reach its essential meaning.
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
I. Who. Qui approbat non reprobat bates [ratifies] cannot reprobate [repudiate, concedit, etc.: v. Ouicunque, etc. Qui destruit iinem: he who destroys the means Qui ez damnato coitu nascuntur inter putantur: those who are born of an illicit counted among children. Qui facit per he who dpes a thing by another does it in litera haeret in cortice: he who sticks at the rind [goes but skin-deep into the real jus dominiumve alterius succedit jure he who succeeds to the right or property enjoy the other's rights [be in the same jure suo utitur neminem Isedit: he who right injures [legally] no one. Qui jussu cerit non videtur dolo malo fecisse: by a judge's command is not supposed to improper motive. Qui non habet, etc. le mesme: Qua estate of whom; a by former owners title now has. counsel: a barrister patent to be her Maprecedence over others, Crown without a lievidence, State's in capital cases, Queen's evidence rejustices of gaol de Uvhanged, like the purchased land. hath complamed to to whom the person the land.: one who approas to a part]. Qui destruit medium destroys the end. liberos non comconnection are not alium, facit per se: himself. Qui haeret at the letter sticks meaning]. Qui in ejus uti debet: of another ought to legal position]. Qui but exercises his own judicis aliquod feone who did a thing have acted from an Nemo dat. Qui not in purse [money] must pay in person. cum prohibere poasit, jubet: he who he can forbid^ commands. Qui peccat he who sins while drunk must be punished per alium, etc.: v. Qui facit, etc. Qui potior in jure: he has the better title Qui sentit commodum sentire debet feels the advantage ought to bear the burden. sentdre videtur: he who is silent seems tarn: v. Action. Qui tardius solvit pays too late does not pay at all. Qui tur: let him who wishes to be deceived be Qui,/r. Who. Qui doit inheriter al p6re, fitz: he who would inherit from the father the son.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
John Bouvier · 1839
raised ‘without necessity or propriety; a cavil. No justly eminent member of the bar will resort to a quibble in his argument. It is contrary to his oath, which is to be true to the court as well as to the client; and bad policy, because by resorting to it, he will lose his character as a man of ty.