Category: Q

This term means to be full of complaints, be a habitual complainer, to continually find fault and to be peevish.

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 v. U. S

L. Fr. Which is the same. A term used In actions of trespass, etc. See QU/E EST EADEM.

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 ichose estate he has have immemorially exercised the right claimed. This was called “prescribing in a que estate.”

A worthless woman; a strumpet. Obsolete.

A woman who possesses the sovereignty and royal power in a country under a monarchical form of government. The wife of a king.

A fund created by a charter of Queen Anne, (confirmed by St. 2 Ann. c. 11,) for the augmenta- tion of poor livings, consisting of all the revenue of first fruits and tenths, which was vested in trustees forever. 1 Bl. Comm. 2S0.

The English court of king’s bench is so called during the reign of a queen. 3 Steph. Comm. 403. See KING’S BENCH.

A position in UK courts that can be bestowed on a barrister with at least 10 years experience who is then recommended for the position. The Lord Chancellor will offer the recommendation. No position exists in the US.

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.