QUOTUPLEX
Of how many kiuds; how many fold. A term of frequent occurrence in Sheppard’s Touchstone.
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Of how many kiuds; how many fold. A term of frequent occurrence in Sheppard’s Touchstone.
An angular measure of ninety degrees.
An indulgence or remission of penance, sold by the pope.
Lat. The name of an action in the civil lnw, (and in Louisiana,) brought by the purchaser of an article, for a reduction of the agreed price on account of defects in
A liquid measure, containing one-fourth part of a gallon.
A woman who possesses the sovereignty and royal power in a country under a monarchical form of government. The wife of a king.
Lat. Because; whereas; inasmuch as.
Lat. In old English law. Quitclaim. Bract, fol. 336.
Lat. With what intention or motive. Used sometimes as a substantive. in lieu of the single word “animus,” design or motive. “The quo animo is the real subject of inquiry.” 1 Kent,
That he permit In old English law. A writ which lay for the heir of him that was disseised of his common of pasture, against the heir of the disseisor. Cowell.
Lat. How long; how far; until. In old conveyances it is used as a word of limitation. 10 Coke, 41.
In old English law. A measure of land, variously described as a quarter of an acre or the fourth part of a yard-land.
In Roman law. Anciently a species of commission granted by the comitia to one or more persons for the purpose of inquiring into some crime or public offense and reporting thereon. In
IIow much damnified? The name of an issue directed by a court of equity to be tried in a court of law, to ascertain the amount of compensation to be allowed for
In Roman law. That portion of a testator’s estate which he was required by law to leave to a child whom he had adopted and afterwards emancipated or unjustly disinherited, being one-
The English court of king’s bench is so called during the reign of a queen. 3 Steph. Comm. 403. See KING’S BENCH.
Because it is given to us to understand. Formal words in old writs. QUIA EMPTORES 9S1 QUIET
Lat To quitclaim or renounce all pretensions of right and title. Bract fols. 1, 5.
Lat. In old English practice. A writ which lay for one that had land in which another claimed common, to compel the latter to show by what title he claimed it. Cowell;
That he permit to abate. In old practice. A writ, in the nature of a writ of right, which lay to abate a nuisance. 3 Bl. Comm. 221. And see Conhocton Stone
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