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quickie strike.See wildcat strike under STRIKE. [Blacks Law 8th]

quickening. The first motion felt in the womb by the mother of the fetus, usu. occurring near the middle of the pregnancy. [Blacks Law 8th]

quick dispatch.See DISPATCH. [Blacks Law 8th]

quick condemnation.See CONDEMNATION. [Blacks Law 8th]

quick-asset ratio.The ratio between an entity’s current or liquid assets (such as cash and accounts receivable) and its current liabilities. — Also termed quick ratio; acid-test ratio. [Blacks Law 8th]

quick asset.See ASSET. [Blacks Law 8th]

qui cedit foro (kwIsee-dit for-oh). [Latin] Hist. One who stops payment; one who becomes bankrupt. [Blacks Law 8th]

quibus non existentibus (kwib-<<schwa>>s non ek-si-sten-t<<schwa>>-b<<schwa>>s). [Latin] Scots law. Whom failing. • In a disposition, this phrase appeared in reference to one or more who never existed. Cf. QUIBUS DEFICIENTIBUS. [Blacks Law 8th]

quibus deficientibus (kwib-<<schwa>>s di-fish-ee-en-ti-b<<schwa>>s). [Latin] Hist. Scots law. Who failing. • In a disposition, this phrase appeared in reference to one or more who succeeded to an estate and then died. Cf. QUIBUS NON EXISTENTIBUS . [Blacks Law 8th]

quia-timet injunction.See INJUNCTION. [Blacks Law 8th]