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quorum usus consistit in abusu (kwor-<<schwa>>m yoo-s<<schwa>>s [oryoo-z<< schwa>>s] k<<schwa>>n-sis-tit in <<schwa>>-byoo-s[y]oo). [Law Latin] Scots law. The use of which consists in consuming them. • The phrase appeared in reference to fungibles. [Blacks Law 8th]

quorum call.See CALL(1). [Blacks Law 8th]

quorum bonorum (kwor-<<schwa>>m b<<schwa>>-nor-<<schwa>>m). [Latin] Roman law. A praetorian interdict by which a person was allowed to take possession of an estate. See BONORUM POSSESSIO CONTRA TABULAS. [Blacks Law 8th]

quorum,n. Parliamentary law. The minimum number of members (usu. a majority of all the members) who must be present for a deliberative assembly to legally transact business. Pl. quorums.[Cases: Courts 101. C.J.S. Courts § 137.] constituency-based quorum.See interest-based quorum. disappearing quorum.A quorum whose presence may be more presumptive than actual. See presumption of a quorum…

quondam (kwon-d<>m), adj. Having been formerly; former . quondam,n. Archaic. A person who once held an office or a position, esp. one who was involuntarily removed or deposed. [Blacks Law 8th]

quomodo desiit possidere (kwoh-m<<schwa>>-doh des-ee-it pos-<<schwa>>-dee-ree). [Law Latin] Scots law. In what way he ceased to possess. • In an action to reclaim possession, the plaintiff was required to prove previous possession and quomodo desiit possidere (as by theft, etc.). [Blacks Law 8th]

quomodo constat (kwoh-m<<schwa>>-doh kon-stat). [Latin] Hist. As it appears (from the record, the pleadings, etc.). [Blacks Law 8th]

quominus (kwoh-m<<schwa>>-n<<schwa>>s or kwoh-mI-n<<schwa>>s). [Latin quo minus “by which the less”] Hist. A 14th-century Exchequer writ alleging that the plaintiff had lent the defendant a sum of money and that the plaintiff was unable to repay a debt of similar amount to the Crown because of the debt to the defendant. • In effect, the…

quo jure (kwoh joor-ee). [Law Latin “by what right”] Hist. A writ for someone holding land to which another claimed a common, to compel the latter to prove title. [Blacks Law 8th]

quod voluit non dixit (kwod vol-yoo-it non dik-sit). [Latin] Hist. That he did not say what he intended. • This phrase was sometimes used in an argument concerning the intention of a lawmaker or testator. [Blacks Law 8th]