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  • Q. V.
    An abbreviation of "quod vide," used to refer a reader to the word, chapter, etc., the name of which It immediately follows.
  • QUA
    Lat. Considered as; in the character or capacity of. For example, "the trustee qua trustee [that is, in his character aa trustee].is not liable," etc. Lat.
  • QUACK
    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, 91 N. W. 973.
  • QUACUNQUE VIA DATA
    Whichever way you take it.
  • QUADRAGESIMA
    Lat The fortieth. The flrst Sunday in Lent is so called because It is about the fortieth day before Easter. Cowell.
  • QUADRAGESIMALS
    Offerings formerly made, on Mid-Lent Sunday, to the mother church.
  • QUADRAGESMS
    The third volume of the year books of the reign of Edward III. So called because beginning with the fortieth year of that sovereign's reign. Crabb, Eng. Law, 327.
  • QUADRANS
    Lat. In Roman law. The fourth part; the quarter of any number, measure, or quantity. Hence an heir to the fourth part of the inheritance was called "hares ex quadrante" Also a Roman coin, being the fourth part of an as, equal in value to an English half-penny. In old More...
  • QUADRANT
    An angular measure of ninety degrees.
  • QUADRANTATA TERRAE
    In old English law. A measure of land, variously described as a quarter of an acre or the fourth part of a yard-land.
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