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  • QUARE INTRUSIT
    A writ that formerly lay where the lord proffered a suitable marriage to his ward, who rejected it, and entered into the land, and married another, the value of his marriage not being satisfied to the lord. Abolished by 12 Car. II. c 24.
  • QUARE NON ADMISIT
    In English law. A writ to recover damages against a bishop who does not admit a plaintiff's clerk. It is, however, rarely or never necessary; for it is said that a bishop, refusing to execute the writ ad admittcndum clericum, or making an insufficient return to It, may be fined. More...
  • QUARE NON PERMITITT
    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.
  • QUARE OBSTRUXIT
    Wherefore he obstructed. In old English practice. A writ which lay for one who, having a liberty to pass through his neighbor's ground, could not enjoy his right because the owner had so obstructed it. Cowell.
  • QUARENTENA TERRAE
    A furlong. Co. Litt. 5b.
  • QUARREL
    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 actions pending, but also causes of action and suit, are released; and "quarrels," "controversies," and "debates" are in More...
  • QUARRY
    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 rock. Bainb. Mines, 2. See Marvel v. Merritt, 116 U. S. 11, 6 Sup. Ct 207. 29 L. More...
  • QUART
    A liquid measure, containing' one-fourth part of a gallon.
  • QUARTA DIVI PII
    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-fourth of his property. See Mackeld. Rom. Law, | 594.
  • QUARTA FALCIDIA
    In Roman law. That portion of a testator's estate which, by the Falcidlan law, was required to be left to the heir, amounting to at least one-fourth. See Mackeld. Rom. Law, ? 771.
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