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  • 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.
  • QUARTER
    The fourth part of anything, especially of a year. Also a length of four inches. In England, a measure of corn, generally reckoned at eight bushels, though subject to local variations. See Hospital St. Cross v. Lord Howard De Walden, 6 Term, 343. In American land law, a quarter section More...
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