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That he recover The ordinary form of judgments for the plaintiff in actions at law. 1 Archb. Pr. K. B. 225; 1 Burrill, Pr. 240. Quod remedio destituitur ipsa re valet si

An abbreviation of “quod vide,” used to refer a reader to the word, chapter, etc., the name of which it immediately follows.

Lat. Which [does or requires] nothing in vain. Which requires nothing to be done, that is, to no purpose. 2 Kent, Comm. 53. Quae non fieri debent, facta valent. Things which ought

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A furlong. Co. Litt. 56.

L. Fr. Which is the same. A term used In actions of trespass, etc. See QU/E EST EADEM.

Because it is given to us to understand. Formal words in old writs. QUIA EMPTORES 9S1 QUIET

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

Lat. As to sacred things; for religious purposes. Quocumque modo velit; quocumque modo possit. In any way he wishes; In any way he can. Clason v. Bailey, 14 Johns. (N. Y.) 484,

That if it happen. Words by which a condition might formerly be created in a deed. Litt.

Lat. Considered as; in the character or capacity of. For example, “the trustee qua trustee [that is, in his character as trusteel is not liable,” etc.

Lat. In old English practice. A writ which lay where an inquisition had been made by an escheator iu any county of such lands or tenements as any man died seised of,

everything by which it can be accomplished is also commanded. Quando aliquid prohibetur ex directo, prohibetur et per obliquum. Co. Litt. 223. When anything is prohibited directly, it is prohibited also indirectly.

This word Is said to extend not only to real and personal actions, but also to the causes of actions and suits; so that by the release of all “quarrels,” not only

A worthless woman; a strumpet. Obsolete.

“Because the purchasers.” The title of the statute of Westm. 3. (18 Edw. I. c. 1.) This statute took from the tenants of common lords the feudal liberty they claimed of disposing

In old English law. Quitreut. Spelmau. See QUITRENT. Quilibet potest renunciare juri pro se introducto. Every oue may renounce or re- linquish a right introduced for his own benefit. 2 Inst. 183;

Qnod alias bonum et justum est, si per vim vel fraudem petatur, malum et in- justum efficitur. 3 Coke, 78. What otherwise is good and just, if it be sought by force

ed. and will not be permitted to be made the subject of any adjustment or compensation on the part of the grantee. Ex parte Miller, 2 Hill (N. Y.) 423. Quod subintelligitur

A pretender to medical skill which he does not possess; one who practices as a physician or surgeon without adequate preparation or due qualification. See El- mergreen v. Horn, 115 Wis. 385,