Law Dictionary Definitions

quasi-community property.See COMMUNITY PROPERTY. [Blacks Law 8th]

quasi-affinity. See AFFINITY. [Blacks Law 8th]

quasi committee of the whole.See COMMITTEE. [Blacks Law 8th]

quasi-autonomous nongovernmental organization.A semipublic administrative body (esp. in the United Kingdom) having some members appointed and financed by, but not answerable to, the government, such as a tourist authority, a university-grants commission, a price-and-wage commission, a prison or parole board, or a medical-health advisory panel. • This term is more commonly written as an acronym,…

quasi-admission. See ADMISSION(1). [Blacks Law 8th]

quasi (kway-sIorkway-zIalsokwah-zee). [Latin “as if”] Seemingly but not actually; in some sense; resembling; nearly. “QUASI. A Latin word frequently used in the civil law, and often prefixed to English words. It is not a very definite word. It marks the resemblance, and supposes a little difference, between two objects, and in legal phraseology the term…

quashal (kwahsh-<<schwa>>l), n. The act of quashing something <quashal of the subpoena>. [Cases: Witnesses 16. C.J.S. Witnesses §§ 21, 32–52.] [Blacks Law 8th]

quash (kwahsh), vb.1. To annul or make void; to terminate <quash an indictment> <quash proceedings>.2. To suppress or subdue; to crush <quash a rebellion>. [Blacks Law 8th]

quarto die post (kwor-toh dI-ee pohst), n.[Law Latin “on the fourth day after”] The defendant’s appearance day, being four days (inclusive) from the return of the writ. [Blacks Law 8th]

quarters of coverage.The number of quarterly payments made by a person into the social-security fund as a basis for determining the person’s entitlement to benefits. [Cases: Social Security and Public Welfare 135, 140.5. C.J.S. Social Security and Public Welfare §§ 36–38, 42, 48–49, 58–59, 61.] [Blacks Law 8th]