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  question of fact. 1. An issue that has not been predetermined and authoritatively answered by the law. • An example is whether a particular criminal defendant is guilty of an offense or whether a contractor has delayed unreasonably in constructing a building. 2. An issue that does not involve what the law is on…

question-and-answer. 1. The portion of a deposition or trial transcript in which evidence is developed through a series of questions asked by the lawyer and answered by the witness. — Abbr. Q-and-A. 2. The method for developing evidence during a deposition or at trial, requiring the witness to answer the examining lawyer’s questions, without offering…

question. 1. A query directed to a witness. — Abbr. Q. [Cases: Witnesses 236. C.J.S. Witnesses § 406.] categorical question. 1.LEADING QUESTION. 2. (often pl.) One of a series of questions, on a particular subject, arranged in systematic or consecutive order. cross-question. A question asked of a witness during cross-examination. — Abbr. XQ. [Cases: Witnesses…

questa (kwes-t<<schwa>>), n.[Law Latin] Hist. A quest; an inquest or inquiry upon the oaths of an impaneled jury. [Blacks Law 8th]

querens (kweer-enz), n.[Latin fr. queri “to complain”] Hist. A plaintiff; the complaining party. [Blacks Law 8th]

querela inofficiosi testamenti (kw<<schwa>>-ree-l<<schwa>> in-<<schwa>>-fish-ee-oh-sI tes-t<<schwa>>-men-tI). [Latin “complaint of an undutiful will”] Roman law. An action allowing a descendant, ascendant, or sibling who was unjustly disinherited or passed over by a parent’s will to have the will set aside as undutifully made. “By far the most important is due to the querela inofficiosi testamenti. By…

querela coram rege a concilio discutienda et terminanda (kw<<schwa>>-ree-l<< schwa>> kor-<<schwa>>m ree-jee ay k<<schwa>>n-sil-ee-oh dis-k<<schwa>>-shee-en-d<<schwa>> et t<<schwa>>r-m<<schwa>>-nan-d<<schwa>>), n.[Law Latin “a dispute to be discussed and resolved by the council in front of the king”] Hist. A writ ordering someone to appear before the king to answer to a trespass. [Blacks Law 8th]

querela (kw<<schwa>>-ree-l<<schwa>>), n. [Law Latin fr. Latin queri “to complain”] Hist. 1.A complaint founding an action; the plaintiff’s count or declaration. 2. A cause of action. 3. An action. [Blacks Law 8th]

quem redditum reddit (kwem red-<>-t<>m red-it), n.[Law Latin “which return he made”] Hist. A writ for a grantee of a rent (not a rent service) to force the tenant to consent to the transfer. [Blacks Law 8th]

quem nuptiae demonstrant (kwem n<<schwa>>p-shee-ee di-mon-strant). [Latin] Roman & Scots law. Whom the marriage indicates. • The phrase refers to the rebuttable presumption that a husband is the father of a child that his wife gives birth to. See presumed father, putative father under FATHER. [Blacks Law 8th]