Category: Q

In medical Jurisprudence. The first motion of the foetus in the womb felt by the mother, occurring usually about the middle of tbe term of pregnancy. See Com. v. Barker, 9 Mete. (Mass.) 2GG, 43 Am. Dec. 390; State v. Cooper, 22 N. J. Law, 57, 51 Am. Dec. 2-18; Evans v. People, 49 N. Y. 89. Quicquid acquiritur servo acquiritur domino. Whatever is acquired by the servant is acquired for the master. Pull. Accts. 38. note. Whatever rights are acquired by an agent are acquired for his principal. Story, Ag. 8 403. Quicquid demonstrate rei additnr satis demonstrate frustra est. Whatever is added to demonstrate anything already sufficiently demonstrated is surplusage. Dig. 33. 4. 1, 8; Broom, Max. 030. Quicquid est contra normam recti est injuria. 3 Bulst. 313. Whatever is against the rule of right is a wrong. Quicquid in cxcessu actum est, lege prohibetur. 2 Inst. 107. Whatever is done in excess is prohibited by law. Quicquid judicis auctoritati subjicitur novitati non subjicitur. Whatever is subject to the authority of a judge is not subject to innovation. 4 Inst 66. Quicquid plantatur solo, solo cedit. Whatever is affixed to the soil belongs to the soil. Broom, Max. 401^31. Quicquid solvitur, solvitur secundum madam solventis; quicquid recipitur, re- cipitur secundum modum recipientis. Whatever money is paid, is paid according to the direction of the payer; whatever mon- ey is received, is received according to that of the recipient. 2 Yern. 606; Broom, Max. 810. Quicunque habet jurisdictionem ordi- nariam est illius loci ordinarius. Co. Litt. 344. Whoever has an ordinary jurisdiction is ordinary of that place. Quicunque jussu judicis aliquid fece- rit non videtur dolo malo fecisse, quia parere necesse est. 10 Coke, 71. Whoever does anything by the command of a judge is not reckoned to have done it with an evil intent because it is necessary to obey.

Lat. In old English law. Quitclaim. Bract, fol. 336.

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Lat To quitclaim or renounce all pretensions of right and title. Bract fols. 1, 5.

In old English practice. A writ which lay for the grantee of a reversion or remainder, where the particular tenant would not attorn, for the purpose of compelling him. Termes de la Ley; Cowell.

a court proceeding to remove a cloud from a property title. See cloud on title.

What for what; something for something. Used in law for the giving one valuable thing for another. It is nothing more than the mutual consideration which passes between the parties to a contract, and which renders it valid and binding. Cowell. Quid sit jus, et in quo consistit injuria, legis est definire. What constitutes right, and what injury, it is the business of the law to declare. Co. Litt. 15S6.

In old English law. Quit; acquitted; discharged. A word used by the clerk of the pipe, and auditors in the exchequer, in their acquittances or discharges given to accountants; usually concluding with an abinde reeessit quietus, (hath gone quit there- of,) which was called a “quietus est.” Cowell. In modern law, the word denotes an acquittance or discharge; as of an executor or administrator, (White v. Ditson, 140 Mass. 351, 4 N. E. 606, 54 Am. ltep. 473,) or of a judge or attorney general, (3 Mod. 99.)

Lat. Somebody. This term is used in the French law to designate a person whose name is not known. Quidquid cnim sive dolo et culpa ven- ditoris accidit in eo venditor securus est. For concerning anything which occurs without deceit and wrong on the part of the vendor, the vendor is secure. Brown v. Bellows, 4 Pick. (Mass.) 198.

A query; question; doubt This word, occurring in tbe syllabus of a reported case or elsewhere, shows that a question is propounded as to what follows, or that the particular rule, decision, or statement is considered as open to question. Quaere de dubiis, quia per rationes pervenitur ad le^timam rationem. Inquire into doubtful points, because by reasoning we arrive at legal reason. Litt i 377.