Category: Q

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.

of a statute are special, but the reason or object of it general, the statute Is to be construed generally. 10 Coke, 1016.

In mining law. An open excavation where the works are visible at the surface; a place or pit where stone, slate, marble, etc., is dug out or separated from a mass of

Lat. An action preferred in any court of justice. The plaintiff was called “querens,” or complainant and his brief, complaint, or declaration was called “querela.” Jacob.

Because it issued erroneously, or through mistake. A term in old English practice. Yel. 83.

In French marine law. Keel; the keel of a vessel. Ord. Mar. liv. 3, tit. 6, art 8.

That the bill be quashed. The common-law form of -a judgment sustaining a plea in abatement, where the proceeding is by bill, i. e., by a capias instead of by original writ

Which see. A direction to the reader to look to another part of the book, or to another book, there named, for further information. Quod voluit non dixit. What he intended he

Lat. Whichever way you take it.

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. 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 writ by which one is called to justify a complaint of a trespass made to the king himself, before the king and his council. Beg. Orig. 124.

Lat. Because he fears or apprehends. In equity practice. The technical name of a bill filed by a party who seeks the aid of a court of equity, because he fears some

In old English law. The Cinque Ports. Spelman.

A writ to exempt a clerk of the clmucery from the coutributiou towards the proctors of the clergy iu parlia- meut etc. lteg. Orig. 261.

(Since the attachments.) One of the oldest books in the Scotch law. So called from the two first words of the volume. Jacob; Whishaw.

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

Lat. A plaintiff; the plaintiff.

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