Law Dictionary Definitions

Queen’s Bench Division.The English court, formerly known as the Queen’s Bench or King’s Bench, that presides over tort and contract actions, applications for judicial review, and some magistrate-court appeals. — Abbr. Q.B.D. [Blacks Law 8th]

Queen’s Bench.Historically, the highest common-law court in England, presided over by the reigning monarch. • The jurisdiction of this court now lies with the Queen’s Bench Division of the High Court of Justice; when a king begins to reign, the name automatically changes to King’s Bench. — Abbr. Q.B. — Also termed Court of Queen’s…

  queen mother.A queen who has children, esp. a dowager-queen whose child is the reigning monarch. See DOWAGER-QUEEN. [Blacks Law 8th]

queen dowager.See DOWAGER-QUEEN. [Blacks Law 8th]

Queen Anne’s Bounty.See FIRST FRUITS(2). [Blacks Law 8th]

queen. 1. A woman who possesses, in her own right, the sovereignty and royal power in a monarchy. • Among the more famous English queens are Queen Mary I, Queen Elizabeth I, Queen Victoria, and Queen Elizabeth II. — Also termed queen regnant. 2. The wife of a reigning king. • She has some royal…

Quayle action.Patents. An office action telling the patent applicant that the claims are allowable on the merits but that the form of the application still needs to be amended. Ex parte Quayle, 25 USPQ 74, 1935 C.D. 11, 453 O.G. 213 (Comm’r Pat. 1935). • The applicant generally has two months to respond. A Quayle…

quayage (kee-<<schwa>>j). A toll or fee charged for lading or unlading goods on a quay or wharf. — Also written keyage. [Blacks Law 8th]

quattuor pedibus currit (kwah-too-or ped-<<schwa>>-b<<schwa>>s k<<schwa>>r-it). [Law Latin] It runs upon four feet; it runs upon all fours. • The term commonly described a precedent that was extremely close to a point being decided. See ON ALL FOURS. [Blacks Law 8th]

quator tempora jejunii.See EMBER DAYS. [Blacks Law 8th]