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  • QUATUOR PEDIBUS CURRIT
    Lat It runs upon four feet; it runs upon all fours. See ALL-FOURS.
  • QUATUORVIRI
    In Roman law. Magistrates who had the care and inspection of roads. Dig. 1, 2, 3, 30.
  • QUAY
    A wharf for the loading or unloading of goods carried in ships. This word is sometimes spelled "key.". The popular and commercial signification of the word "quay" involves the notion of a space of ground appropriated to the public use; such use as the convenience of commerce requires. New Orleans More...
  • QUE EST LE MESME
    L. Fr. Which la the same. A term used in actions of trespass, etc. See QUE EST EADEM.
  • QUE ESTATE
    L. Fr. Whose estate. A term used in pleading, particularly in claiming prescription, by which it is alleged that the plaintiff and those former owners whose estate he has have immemorially exercised the right claimed. This was called "prescribing in a que estate."
  • QUEAN
    A worthless woman; a strumpet. Obsolete.
  • QUEEN
    A woman who possesses the sovereignty and royal power in a country under a monarchical form of government The wife of a king. -Queen consort. In English law. The wife of a reigning king. 1 Bl. Comm. 218.-Queen dowager. In English law. The widow of a king. 1 Bl. Comm. More...
  • QUEEN ANNE'S BOUNTY
    A fund created by a charter of Queen Anne, (confirmed by St 2 Ann. c. 11,) for the augmentation of poor livings, consisting of all the revenue of first fruits and tenths, which was vested in trustees forever. 1 Bl. Comm. 286.
  • QUEEN'S BENCH
    The English court of king's bench Is so called during the reign of a queen. 8 Steph. Comm. 403. See KING'S BENCH.
  • QUEEN'S PRISON
    A jail which used to be appropriated to the debtors and criminals confined under process or by authority of the superior courts at Westminster, the high court of admiralty, and also to persons imprisoned under the bankrupt law.
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