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  • QUID JURIS CLAMAT
    In old English practice. A writ which lay for die grantee of a reversion or remainder, where the particular tenant would not attorn, for the purpose of compelling him. Termes de la Ley; Cowell.
  • QUID PRO QUO
    What for what; something for something. Used in law for the giving one valuable thing for another. It is nothing more than the mutual consideration which passes between the parties to a contract, and which renders it valid and binding. Cowell. Quid sit Jus, et in quo conslstlt injuria, legis More...
  • QUIDAM
    Lat. Somebody. This term is used in the French law to designate a person whose name Is not known. Quidquid enlm sive dolo et culpa ven-ditoris accidit in eo venditor seeurns est. For concerning anything which occurs without deceit and wrong on the part of the vendor, the vendor is More...
  • QUIET (VERB)
    To pacify; to render secure or unassailable by the removal of disquieting causes or disputes. This is the meaning of the word in the phrase "action to quiet title," which is a proceeding to establish the plaintiff's title to land by bringing into court an' adverse claimant and there compelling More...
  • QUIET (ADJ.)
    adj. Unmolested; tranquil; free from interference or disturbance. -Quiet enjoyment. A covenant, usually inserted in leases and conveyances on the part of the grantor, promising that the tenant or grantee shall enjoy the possession of the premises in peace and without disturbance, is called a covenant "for quiet enjoyment". Qniota More...
  • QUIETARE
    L. Lat To quit acquit, discharge, or save harmless. A formal word in old deeds of donation and other conveyances. Cowell.
  • QUIETE CLAMANTIA
    L. Lat In old English law. Quitclaim. Bract fol. 33b.
  • QUIETE CLAMARE
    L. Lat To quitclaim or renounce all pretensions of right and title. Bract fols. 1* 5.
  • QUIETUS
    In old English law. Quit; acquitted; discharged. A word used by the clerk of the pipe, and auditors in the exchequer, in their acquittances or discharges given to accountants; usually concluding with an abinde reccssit quietus, (hath gone quit thereof,) which was called a "quietus est." Cowell. In modern law, More...
  • QUIETUS REDDITUS
    In old English law. Quitrent Spelman. See QUITRENT. Qnilibet potest rennneiare jnri pre se introdneto. Every one may renounce or relinquish a right introduced for his own benefit 2 Inst 183; Wing. Max. p. 483, max. 123; 4 Bl. Comm. 317.
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