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QUAERENS NON INVENIT PLEGIUM
Lat. The plaintiff did not find a pledge. A return1 formerly made by a sheriff to a writ requiring him to take security of the plaintiff to prosecute his claim. Cowell. Quarere dat ampere qua snnt logitima ere. Litt. 443. To inquire into them, is the way to know what More...

Lat. The plaintiff did not find a pledge. A return1 formerly made by a sheriff to a writ requiring him to take security of the plaintiff to prosecute his claim. Cowell. Quarere dat ampere qua snnt logitima ere. Litt. 443. To inquire into them, is the way to know what 'things are truly lawful. Less...
QUAESTA
An indulgence or remission of penance, sold by the pope.

An indulgence or remission of penance, sold by the pope. Less...
QUAESTIO
In Roman law. Anciently a species of commission granted by the comitia to one or more persons for the purpose of inquiring into some crime or public offense and reporting thereon. In later times, the qucestio came to exercise plenary criminal jurisdiction, even to pronouncing sentence, and then was appointed More...

In Roman law. Anciently a species of commission granted by the comitia to one or more persons for the purpose of inquiring into some crime or public offense and reporting thereon. In later times, the qucestio came to exercise plenary criminal jurisdiction, even to pronouncing sentence, and then was appointed periodically, and eventually became a permanent commission or regular criminal tribunal, and was then called "quastio perpetual 8ee Maine, Anc. Law, 369-372. In medieval law. The question; the torture; inquiry or inquisition by inflicting the torture. -Cadit quastio. The question falls; the discussion ends; there is no room for further argument-Quastio vexata. A vexed question or mooted point; a question often agitated or discussed but not determined; a question or point which has been differently decided, and to left doubtful. Less...
QUAETIONARII
Those who carried quanta about from door to door.

Those who carried quanta about from door to door. Less...
QUAESTIONES PERPETUAE
in Roman law, were commissions (or courts) of inquisition into crimes alleged to have been committed. They were called "perpetuw," to distinguish them from occasional Inquisitions, and because they ' were permanent courts for the trial of offenders. Brown.

in Roman law, were commissions (or courts) of inquisition into crimes alleged to have been committed. They were called "perpetuw," to distinguish them from occasional Inquisitions, and because they ' were permanent courts for the trial of offenders. Brown. Less...
QUAESTOR
Lat A Roman magistrate, o whose office it was to collect the public revenue. Varro de L. L. iv. 14. -Quastor saori palatii. Quaestor of the sacred palace. An officer of die imperial court at Constantinople, with powers and duties resembling those of a chancellor. Calvin.

Lat A Roman magistrate, o whose office it was to collect the public revenue. Varro de L. L. iv. 14. -Quastor saori palatii. Quaestor of the sacred palace. An officer of die imperial court at Constantinople, with powers and duties resembling those of a chancellor. Calvin. Less...
QUAESTUS
L. Lat That estate which a man has by acquisition or purchase, in contradistinction to "licereditas," which is what he has by descent Glan. 1, 7, c 1.

L. Lat That estate which a man has by acquisition or purchase, in contradistinction to "licereditas," which is what he has by descent Glan. 1, 7, c 1. Less...
QUAKER
This, in England, is the statutory, as well as the popular, name of a member of a religious society, by themselves denpminated "Friends."

This, in England, is the statutory, as well as the popular, name of a member of a religious society, by themselves denpminated "Friends." Less...
QUALE JUS
Lat In old English law. A judicial writ, which lay where a man of religion had judgment to recover land before execution was made of the judgment It went forth to the escheator between judgment and execution, to inquire what right the religious person had to recover, or whether the More...

Lat In old English law. A judicial writ, which lay where a man of religion had judgment to recover land before execution was made of the judgment It went forth to the escheator between judgment and execution, to inquire what right the religious person had to recover, or whether the judgment were obtained by the collusion of the parties, to the intent that the lord might not be defrauded. Reg. Jud. 8. Less...
QUALIFICATION
The possession by an individual of the qualities, properties, or circumstances, natural or adventitious, which are inherently or legally necessary to render him eligible to fill an office or to perform a public duty or function. Thus, the ownership of a freehold estate may be made the qualification of a More...

The possession by an individual of the qualities, properties, or circumstances, natural or adventitious, which are inherently or legally necessary to render him eligible to fill an office or to perform a public duty or function. Thus, the ownership of a freehold estate may be made the qualification of a voter; so the possession of a certain amount of stock in a corporation may be tbe qualification necessary to enable one to serve on its board of directors. Cummings v. Missouri, 4 Wall, 319, 18 L. Ed. 356; People v. Palen, 74 Hun, 289, 26 N. Y. Supp. 225; Hyde v. State, 52 Miss. 665. Qualification for office is "endowment, or accomplishment that fits for an office; having the legal requisites, endowed with qualities suitable for the purpose." State v. Seay, 64 Mo. 89, 27 Am. Rep. 206. Also a modification or limitation of terms or language; usually intended by way of restriction of expressions which, by reason of their generality, would carry a larger meaning than was designed. Less...

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