Quietus

Defined in 4 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Abbott (1879)

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

A process for the discharge of an administrator by the probate court. See 140 Mass. 351, 54 Am. St. Rep. 473, 4 N. E. 606.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

In old English law. Quit; acquitted; discharged. A word used by the clerk of the pipe, and auditors in the exchequer, in their acquittances or discharges given to accountants; usually concluding with an abinde recessit quietus, (hath gone quit thereof,) which was called a "quietus est." Cowell. In modern law, the word denotes an acquittance or discharge; as of an executor or administrator, (White v. Ditson, 140 Mass. 351, 4 N. E. 606, 54 Am. Rep. 473,) or of a judge or attorney general, (3 Mod. 99.)

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

I. I.

In American law. The discharge of an executor or administrator.

In English law. An acquittance or discharge; a word used by the clerk of the pipe and auditors in the exchequer in their acquittances to accountants.

In old English law. The dismissal or removal of a judge from the bench.

Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence

Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879

Quit; acquitted; freed; discharged; an acquittance; a discharge. A word which was commonly used by the clerk of the pipe and auditors in the exchequer in their acquittances or discharges given to accountants, signifying to be freed, acquitted, or discharged. Cowel. Quieta non movere. See Non quieta movere, and Stare decisis.