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quarentena terrae (kwahr-en-tee-n<<schwa>> ter-ee), n.[Law Latin “a quantity of land”] Hist. A furlong. [Blacks Law 8th]

quare non permittit (kwair-ee non p<<schwa>>r-mit-it), n.[Law Latin “why he does not permit”] Hist. A writ for one who has a right to present to a church, against the proprietor. [Blacks Law 8th]

quare intrusit (kwair-ee in-troo-sit), n.[Law Latin “why he thrust in”] Hist. A writ allowing a lord to recover the value of a marriage, when the lord offered a suitable marriage to a ward but the ward rejected it and married someone else. • It was abolished by the Tenures Abolition Act, 1660, 24. [Blacks Law…

quare incumbravit (kwair-ee in-k<<schwa>>m-bray-vit), n.[Law Latin “why he incumbered”] Hist. A writ or action to compel a bishop to explain why he encumbered the church when, within six months after the vacation of a benefice and after a ne admittas was received, the bishop conferred the benefice on his clerk while other clerks were contending…

quare executionem non.[Latin] See Q.E.N.    [Blacks Law 8th]

  quare ejecit infra terminum (kwair-ee i-jee-sit in-fr<<schwa>> t<<schwa>>r-m<< schwa>>-n<<schwa>>m), n.[Law Latin “why he ejected within the term”] Hist. A writ for a lessee who was prematurely ejected, when the ejector was not actually in possession but one claiming under the ejector was. “For this injury the law has provided him with two remedies ……

quare clausum querentis fregit.See trespass quare clausum fregit under TRESPASS   [Blacks Law 8th]

quare clausum fregit (kwair-ee klaw-z<<schwa>>m free-jit). [Latin] Why he broke the close. — Abbr. qu. cl. fr.; q.c.f. See trespass quare clausum fregit under TRESPASS. [Cases: Trespass 10, 16. C.J.S. Trespass §§ 13–15, 62–64.] [Blacks Law 8th]

quare (kwair-ee). [Latin] Why; for what reason; on what account. • This was used in various common-law writs, esp. writs in trespass.    [Blacks Law 8th]

  quarantine. 1. The isolation of a person or animal afflicted with a communicable disease or the prevention of such a person or animal from coming into a particular area, the purpose being to prevent the spread of disease. • Federal, state, and local authorities are required to cooperate in the enforcement of quarantine laws.…