Category: Q

In old Scotch law. A twentieth part of the movable estate of a person dying, which was due to the bishop of the diocese within which the person resided. Bell.

Lat. Whichever way you take it.

Quaecunque intra rationem legis in- veniuntur intra legem ipsam esse judi- cantur. Things which are found within the reason of a law are supposed to be within the law itself. 2 Inst.

As long as he shall behave himself well; during good behavior; a clause frequent in letters patent or grants of certain offices, to secure them so long as the persons to whom

An ancient writ, which lay for one who had a right to present to a church for a turn against the proprietary. Fleta, 1. 5, c. 6.

Lat It runs upon four feet; it runs upon all fours. See ALI>FOUBS.

Lat. In Romau law. Certain officers, two in number, who were deputed by the comitia, as a kind of commissiou, to search out and try all cases of parricide and murder. They

Lat. Somebody. This term is used in the French law to designate a person whose name is not known. Quidquid cnim sive dolo et culpa ven- ditoris accidit in eo venditor securus

In Roman law. Ownership held by a title recognized by the municipal law, in an object also recognized by that law, and in the strict character of a Roman citizen. “Roman law

In pleading. For that whereas. A form of introducing matter of inducement in certain actions, as assumpsit aud case. Quod datum est ecclesise, datum est Deo. 2 Inst. 2. What is given

A proportional part or share; the proportional part of a demand or liabil ity, falling upon each of those who are col lectively responsible for the whole.

Lat. The fortieth. The first Sunday in Lent is so called because it is about the fortieth day before Easter. Cowell.

A query; question; doubt This word, occurring in tbe syllabus of a reported case or elsewhere, shows that a question is propounded as to what follows, or that the particular rule, decision,

Lat. When they shall come in. The name of a judgment sometimes given against an executor, especially on a plea of plene administrarit, which empowers the plaintiff to have the benefit of

not enjoy his right because the owner bad so obstructed it. Cowell.

In Roman law. Magistrates who had the care and inspection of roads. Dig. 1, 2, 3, 30.

Lat. A writ of nuisance, which, by 15 Edw. I., lay against him to whom a house or other thing that caused a nuisance descended or was alienated ; whereas, before that

To pacify; to render secure or unassailable by the removal of disquieting causes or disputes. This is the meaning of tbe word in the phrase “action to quiet title.” which is a

To leave; remove from; surrender possession of; as when a tenant “quits” the premises or receives a “notice to quit.”

Qnod !n jure scripto “jus” appcllatur, id ill lege Anglise “rectum” esse dicitur. What in the civil law is called “jus,” in the law of England is said to be “rcctum,” (right)