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quot generationes tot gradus (kwot jen-<<schwa>>-ray-shee-oh-neez taht gray-d<< schwa>>s). [Law Latin] Hist. As many generations as degrees (of relationship). • The phrase appeared in reference to degrees of relationship. [Blacks Law 8th]

quotation. 1. A statement or passage that is exactly reproduced, attributed, and cited. 2. The amount stated as a stock’s or commodity’s current price. market quotation.The most current price at which a security or commodity trades. [Cases: Exchanges 13.] A contractor’s estimate for a given job. — Sometimes shortened to quote. [Cases: Contracts 229(1). C.J.S.…

quot articuli tot libelli (kwot ahr-tik-y<<schwa>>-lI taht li-bel-I). [Law Latin] Hist. As many points of dispute as libels. [Blacks Law 8th]

quota. 1. A proportional share assigned to a person or group; an allotment <the university’s admission standards included a quota for in-state residents>. [Cases: Colleges and Universities 9.15. C.J.S. Colleges and Universities § 30.] 2. A quantitative restriction; a minimum or maximum number <Faldo met his sales quota for the month>. export quota.A restriction on…

quot.Hist. Scots law. Formerly, the 20th part of an estate’s movables, calculated before the decedent’s debts are paid, owed to the bishop of the diocese. [Blacks Law 8th]

quorum usus consistit in abusu (kwor-<<schwa>>m yoo-s<<schwa>>s [oryoo-z<< schwa>>s] k<<schwa>>n-sis-tit in <<schwa>>-byoo-s[y]oo). [Law Latin] Scots law. The use of which consists in consuming them. • The phrase appeared in reference to fungibles. [Blacks Law 8th]

quorum call.See CALL(1). [Blacks Law 8th]

quorum bonorum (kwor-<<schwa>>m b<<schwa>>-nor-<<schwa>>m). [Latin] Roman law. A praetorian interdict by which a person was allowed to take possession of an estate. See BONORUM POSSESSIO CONTRA TABULAS. [Blacks Law 8th]

quorum,n. Parliamentary law. The minimum number of members (usu. a majority of all the members) who must be present for a deliberative assembly to legally transact business. Pl. quorums.[Cases: Courts 101. C.J.S. Courts § 137.] constituency-based quorum.See interest-based quorum. disappearing quorum.A quorum whose presence may be more presumptive than actual. See presumption of a quorum…

quondam (kwon-d<>m), adj. Having been formerly; former . quondam,n. Archaic. A person who once held an office or a position, esp. one who was involuntarily removed or deposed. [Blacks Law 8th]