Quid juris clamat

A judicial writ issued out of the record of a fine which lay for the grantee of a reversion or remainder, when the particular tenant would not attorn. Cowell. QUID PRO QUO (Lat. what for what). A term denoting the consideration of a contract. See Co. Lift. 47 b; 7 M. & G. 998. It was used in the fifteenth century to express the equivalent or recompense without which a debt could not be established. Poll. Contr. 178. See, also, Ames, Lect. Leg. Hist., where the phrase is discussed. QUIDAM (Lat. some one; somebody). A term used to express an unknown person, or one who cannot be named. A guidam is usually described by his features, the color of his hair, his height, clothing, and the like, in any process which may be issued against him. Merlin, R6pert.