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quanti minoris (kwon-tI mi-nor-is). [Latin “how much less”] Civil law. An action brought by a purchaser of an article to reduce the purchase price due to the article’s defects. [Cases: Sales 188; Vendor and Purchaser 174, 334(1). C.J.S. Sales § 209; Vendor and Purchaser §§ 431, 640, 642–644, 648.] [Blacks Law 8th]

quango (kwang-goh). See QUASI-AUTONOMOUS NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION. [Blacks Law 8th]

  quandocunque decederit (kwahn-doh-k<<schwa>>ng-kwee di-see-d<<schwa>>r-it). [Latin] Hist. Whenever he died.  [Blacks Law 8th]

quandocunque (kwahn-doh-k<<schwa>>ng-kwee). [Latin] Hist. At any time.   [Blacks Law 8th]

quando acciderent (kwahn-doh ak-si-deer-<<schwa>>nt). [Latin] A judgment entered against a decedent’s personal representative, to be satisfied by the estate out of assets that the representative receives after judgment. [Blacks Law 8th]

quamvis non potuerit dare (kwam-vis non pah-tyoo-air-it [or pah-choo-] dair-ee). [Law Latin] Hist. Although he had not been able to give or administer it. [Blacks Law 8th]

quamprimum (kwam-prI-m<<schwa>>m). [Latin] Hist. As soon as possible  [Blacks Law 8th]

quamdiu sustinuit istam furiositatem (kwam-dee-yoo s<<schwa>>s-tin-[y]oo-it is-t<<schwa>>m fyoor-ee-ahs-<<schwa>>-tay-t<<schwa>>m). [Law Latin] Hist. How long he has labored under that insanity.   [Blacks Law 8th]

quamdiu bene se gesserint (kwam-dee-yoo bee-nee see jes-<<schwa>>r-int). [Law Latin] As long as they shall conduct themselves properly. • This term refers to the holding of an office, specif. the Act of Settlement, 1700, ch. 2, which provided that a judge’s tenure was no longer at the king’s pleasure, but could continue until death or…

  quamdiu (kwam-dee-yoo). [Latin] Hist. As long as; so long as. • This was a word of limitation formerly used in conveyances.   [Blacks Law 8th]