The amount of a firms most liquid assets. They include stock, cash, accounts recievable, and securities. It is a measure of the current assets minus inventory. Refer to quick ratio.
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QUICK RATIO
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means to that end. Commonwealth v. Andrews, 3 Mass. 129. Qui destruit medium destruit flnem. He wlio destroys the mean destroys the end. 10 Coke, 516; Co. Litt 161a; Shep. Touch. 342. Qui doit inheritor al pere doit” inher- iter al fitz. He who would have been heir to the father shall be heir to the sou. 2 Bl. Comm. 223; Broom, Max. 517. Qui evertit causam, evertit causatum futurum. He who overthrows the cause overthrows Its future effects. 10 Coke, 51. Qui ex damnato coitu nascuntur inter liberos non computentnr. Those who are born of an unlawful intercourse are not reckoned among the children. Co. Litt. 8a; Broom, Max. 519. Qui facit per alium facit per se. He who acts through auother acts himself, [t. e., the acts of an agent are the acts of the prin- cipal.J Broom, Max. 818, et seq.; 1 Bl. Comm. 429; Story, Ag. g 440. Qui habet jurisdictionem absolvendi, habet jurisdictionem ligandi. He who has jurisdiction to loosen, has jurisdiction to bind. 12 Coke, 60. Applied to writs of prohibition aud consultation, as resting on a similar foundation. Id. Qui hseret in litera hseret in cortice. He who considers merely the letter of an instrument goes but skin deep into its meauiug. Co. Litt. 289; Broom, Max. 685. Qui ignorat quantum solvere debeat, non potest improbus videre. He who does not know what he ought to pay, does not want probity in not paying. Dig. 50, 17, 99. Qui in jus dominiumve alterius suc- cedit jure ejus nti debet. He who succeeds to the right or property of another ought to use his right, [t. e., holds it subject to the same rights and liabilities as attached to it in the hands of the assignor.] Dig. 50, 17, 177; Broom, Max. 473, 47S. Qui in utero est pro jam nato habe- tur, quoties de ejus commodo quseritur. He who is in the womb is held as already born, whenever a question arises for his benefit Qui jure suo ntitnr, nemini facit inju- riam. He who uses his legal rights harms no one. Carson v. Western R. Co., 8 Gray (Mass.) 424. See Broom, Max. 379. Qui jussn judicis aliquod fecerit non videtnr dolo malo fecisse, quia parere necesse est. Where a person does an act by command of one exercising judicial authority, the law will not suppose that he acted from any wrongful or improper motive, because it was his bounden duty to obey. 10 Coke, 76; Broom, Max. 93. Qui male agit odit lucem. He who acts badly hates the light. 7 Coke, 66. Qui mandat ipse fecissi videtur. He who commands [a thing to be done],is held to have done it himself. Story, Bailm.
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QUI TAM
Lat. “Who as well .” Au actiou brought by au informer, uuder a statute which establishes a peualty for the commission or oniissiou of a certain act, aud provides that the same shall be recoverable iu a civil action, part of the penalty to go to any person who will bring such action and the remainder to tlie state or some other institution, is called a “qui tain action;” because the plaintiff states that he sues as well for the state as for himself. See lu re Barker, 50 Vt. 14; Grover v. Morris, 73 N. Y. 478. Qui tardius solvit, minus solvit. He who pays more tardny Lilian he ought] pays less [than he ought.] Jeuk. Cent. 58. Qui timent, cavent vitant. They who fear, take care aud avoid. Branch, Princ. Qui totum dicit nihil excipit. lie who says all excepts uothing. Qui vult decipi, decipiatur. Let him who wishes to be deceived, be deceived. Brooui, Max. 782, note; 1 De Cex, M. & G. 087, 710; Shep. Touch. 50.