Law Dictionary Definitions

quintessential public forum.See traditional public forum under PUBLIC FORUM. [Blacks Law 8th]

quintal (kwin-t<<schwa>>l).Hist. A weight of 100 pounds. — Also termed kintal. [Blacks Law 8th]

quinquepartite (kwin[g]-kw<>-pahr-tIt). [Latin “in five parts”] Hist. Consisting of five parts; divided into five parts. [Blacks Law 8th]

Quinquaginta Decisiones.See FIFTY DECISIONS. [Blacks Law 8th]

qui justus esse debet (kwIj<>s-t<>s es-ee dee-bet ordeb-et). [Latin] Hist. Who is bound to be just. [Blacks Law 8th]

qui improvide (kwI im-prov-<<schwa>>-dee). [Latin “who unforeseeably”] Hist. A supersedeas granted when a writ is erroneously sued out or wrongfully awarded. [Blacks Law 8th]

quietus redditus (kwI-ee-t<<schwa>>s red-<<schwa>>-t<<schwa>>s). [Law Latin] See QUIT RENT. [Blacks Law 8th]

quietus (kwI-ee-t<<schwa>>s), adj.[Law Latin] Quit; acquitted; discharged, esp. from a debt or obligation, or from serving as an executor. • In England, this term was formerly used by the Clerk of the Pipe, in a discharge given to an accountant, usu. concluding with abinde recessit quietus (“hath gone quit thereof”), called quietus est. 2.Hist. The…

quiet-title action.See action to quiet title under ACTION. [Blacks Law 8th]

quiet enjoyment.See ENJOYMENT. [Blacks Law 8th]