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Category: Q

QUERULOUS

This term means to be full of complaints, be a habitual complainer, to continually find fault and to be peevish.

QUALIFICATIONS

the term that describes a person’s attributes that are needed for a certain job or position.

QUOTIENT

a term that means the result of division.

QUESTION LEADING

a question asked of a witness by the attorney that suggests the answer to be given.

QUIETING THE TITLE

a court proceeding to remove a cloud from a property title. See cloud on title.

QUAE EST EADEM

a Latin phrase that means that the 2 things that appear to be different on the surface are actually the same matter.

QUI TAM ACTION

a Latin term for the legal action to collect a penalty through supplied information.

QUIET TITLE

a suit brought about to obtain a determination as to the title of a certain piece of property.

QUALIFIED OATH

an oath that is taken under some circumstances that will modify and reduce its forcefulness.

QUALIFYING

A process that is used to ascertain if a buyer shows the right characteristics that will enables to act as a prospective buyer. These qualities include having the ability to purchase and

QUALITY BOND

This is a bond that is issued by a company that has a good credit rating. A high or good credit rating wil result in a quality bond being released.

QUALITY OBJECTIVE

The level of quality that has been deemed suitable for each product. It is the quality that a product is wanted to reach before it is made available for sale to the

QUANTITATIVE

A measurable quantity of an object. It can be size, dimensions, thickness, lightness or hardness. If something can be measured and identified.

QUARANTINE STOCK

An inventory of specific items that are kept for an emergency situation or items that are set aside for a specific use.

QUERY

The request fro information from a data base. It is in the form of a question and it can be asked about any subject that is contained in the specific database.

QUIRE

A quantity of paper. A measurement that is used to represent 24 sheets of paper traditionally. Now it is used to represent 25 sheets of paper.

QUALIFYING CHILD

A person under the age of 19 years who satisfies four requirements to qualify. They must live with the person claiming a tax benefit, be a child of them, a foster child

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