Category: Q

Lat. A plaintiff; the plaintiff.

L. Lat. The plaintiff did not find a pledge. A return formerly made by a sheriff to a writ requiring him to take security of the plaintiff to prosecute his claim. Cowell. Qnaerere dat sap ere quae sunt legitima vere. Litt { 443. To Inquire into them, is the way to know what things are truly lawful.

L. Lat. That estate which a man has by acquisition or purchase, in con- tradistinction to “hwreditas,” which is what he has by descent. Clan. 1, 7, c. 1.

The term quiet here does not mean that there is no noise. Here it means that there is no outside interference with an activity. An activity is enjoyed without the interference of another or superior party.

When a company cannot share any news because it is registering a new issue.

Again the term does not mean with no noise. It means with no interference from another party. Each sale carries the implication that it can be owned without any interference.

a suit brought about to obtain a determination as to the title of a certain piece of property.

adj. Unmolested ; tranquil; free from interference or disturbance.

To pacify; to render secure or unassailable by the removal of disquieting causes or disputes. This is the meaning of tbe 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 QUIET 982

Living; alive. “Quick chattels must be put in pound-overt that the owner may give them sustenance; dead need not.” Finch, Law, b. 2, c. 6.