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quae est eadem (kwee est ee-ay-d<<schwa>>m). [Law Latin] Hist. Which is the same. • This phrase was used by a defendant in a trespass action to show that the trespass the defendant was justified in committing was the same as that alleged in the plaintiff’s pleading; that is, the plaintiff gave the defendant permission to…

quae cadunt in non causam (kwee kay-d<<schwa>>nt in non kaw-z<<schwa>>m). [Law Latin] Hist. Those things that we lose on the cessation of the title by which we hold them. [Blacks Law 8th]

quae cadit in virum constantem (kwee kay-dit in vI-r<<schwa>>m k<<schwa>>n-stan-t<<schwa>>m). [Latin] Hist. That which would overcome a man of firmness and resolution. [Blacks Law 8th]

quadruplicatio (kwah-dr<<schwa>>-pli-kay-shee-oh), n.[fr. Latin quadruplicatus “quadrupled”] 1.Roman law & civil law. A defendant’s pleading, following the triplicatio and similar to the rebutter at common law; the third defensive pleading. — Also termed quadruplication; (in old Scots law) quadruply. 2.Roman law. A plaintiff’s pleading, following the triplicatio, the replicatio, and the exceptio. Pl. quadruplicationes (kwah-dr<<schwa>>-pli-kay-shee-oh-neez). [Blacks…

quadruplator (kwah-droo-pl<<schwa>>-tor), n.[Latin] Roman law. An informer who, by law, could institute criminal proceedings and then receive a reward of a fourth part of the thing informed against, usu. relating to frauds on the fiscus. Pl. quadruplatores (kwah-dr<<schwa>>-pl<<schwa>>-tor-eez). [Blacks Law 8th]

quadripartite,adj. Hist. (Of an indenture, etc.) drawn, divided, or executed in four parts. quadripartite,n. A book or treatise divided into four parts. [Blacks Law 8th]

quadriennium utile (kwah-dree-en-ee-<<schwa>>m yoo-t<<schwa>>-lee).Scots law. A four-year period after the attainment of majority within which the young adult may seek to annul any contract made while the person was a minor. [Blacks Law 8th]

quadriennium (kwah-dree-en-ee-<<schwa>>m), n.[Latin fr. quatuor “four” + annus “year”] Roman law. The four-year course of study required of law students before they were qualified to study the Code or collection of imperial constitutions. [Blacks Law 8th]

quadragesimals (kwah-dr<<schwa>>-jes-i-m<<schwa>>lz), n. pl.[fr. Latin quadragesima “the fortieth”] Hist. Offerings made on Mid-Lent Sunday by daughter churches to the mother church. [Blacks Law 8th]

quadragesima (kwah-dr<<schwa>>-jes-i-m<<schwa>>), n.[Latin “fortieth”] Hist. 1.Lent — so called because it runs about 40 days. 2. The first Sunday in Lent — so called because it is about the 40th day before Easter. [Blacks Law 8th]