Category: Q

In conveyancing. To release or relinquish a claim; to execute a deed of quitclaim. See QUITCLAIM, n.

Consisting of five parts; divided into five parts.

Fifteenths ; also the fifteenth day after a festival. 13 Edw. I. See Cowell.

A unit of metric measurement. It is the equivalent of one tenth of a tonne or one tenth of 100 kilograms. It is equal to 220 pounds.

A weight of one hundred pounds. Cowell.

A term used in the West Indies to designate a person one of whose parents was a white person and the other a quadroon. Also spelled “quintroon.” See Daniel v. Guy, 19 Ark. 131.

Just one of the four values or points in a group of five each being one fifth of the total. It will divide a range into five equal parts.

In old practice. Called or exacted the fifth time. A return made by the sheriff, after a defendant had been proclaimed, required, or exacted in five county courts successively, and failed to appear, upon which he was outlawed by the coroners of the county. 3 Bl. Comm. 283.

A quantity of paper. A measurement that is used to represent 24 sheets of paper traditionally. Now it is used to represent 25 sheets of paper.

In English law. A record in the exchequer, showiug the tenures for guarding and repairing Dover Castle, and determining the services of the Cinque Ports. 3 How. State Tr. 868.