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quarantina habenda.See DE QUARANTINA HABENDA. [Blacks Law 8th]

quantum valuerunt tempore pacis (kwon-t<<schwa>>m val-yoo-air-<<schwa>>nt tem-p<<schwa>>-ree pay-sis). [Law Latin] Hist. How much they (the lands) were worth in peacetime. Cf. ANTIQUUS ET NOVUS EXTENTUS; QUANTUM NUNC VALENT.  [Blacks Law 8th]

  quantum valebant (kwon-t<<schwa>>m v<<schwa>>-lee-bant or -b<<schwa>>nt). [Latin “as much as they were worth”] 1. The reasonable value of goods and materials. 2. At common law, a count in an assumpsit action to recover payment for goods sold and delivered to another. • Quantum valebant — although less common than quantum meruit — is still…

quantum nunc valent (kwon-t<<schwa>>m n<<schwa>>ngk vay-lent). [Law Latin] Hist. How much they (the lands) are now worth. Cf. ANTIQUUS ET NOVUS EXTENTUS ; QUANTUM VALUERUNT TEMPORE PACIS. [Blacks Law 8th]

quantum meruit (kwon-t<>m mer-oo-it). [Latin “as much as he has deserved”] 1. The reasonable value of services; damages awarded in an amount considered reasonable to compensate a person who has rendered services in a quasi-contractual relationship. 2. A claim or right of action for the reasonable value of services rendered. [Cases: Implied and Constructive Contracts…

quantum et quale?(kwon-t<<schwa>>m et kway-lee orkwah-lee). [Latin] Roman & Scots law. How much and of what kind? “It is not unusual for parties to a submission to agree that, in the event of no final decree-arbitral being pronounced, the proof taken in the course of the submission shall be received as legal probation quantum et…

quantum damnificatus (kwon-t<<schwa>>m dam-n<<schwa>>-fi-kay-t<<schwa>>s). [Latin “how much damnified”] Hist. The issue of damages submitted by a court of equity to the jury.   [Blacks Law 8th]

quantum (kwon-t<<schwa>>m). [Latin “an amount”] The required, desired, or allowed amount; portion or share <a quantum of evidence>. Pl. quanta (kwon-t<<schwa>>).  [Blacks Law 8th]

quantity discount.See volume discount under DISCOUNT.  [Blacks Law 8th]

quantitative rule.An evidentiary rule requiring that a given type of evidence is insufficient unless accompanied by additional evidence before the case is closed. • Such a rule exists because of the known danger or weakness of certain types of evidence. — Also termed synthetic rule. [Blacks Law 8th]