Law Dictionary Definitions
QUARTER SESSIONS COURT
Quarter Sessions Court.See COURT OF GENERAL QUARTER SESSIONS OF THE PEACE. [Blacks Law 8th]
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quarter session.See SESSION(1). [Blacks Law 8th]
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quarter section.See SECTION. [Blacks Law 8th]
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quarter seal.See SEAL. [Blacks Law 8th]
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quartermaster. See TREASURER. [Blacks Law 8th]
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quarterly report.A financial report issued by a corporation (and by most mutual funds and investment managers) every three months. [Blacks Law 8th]
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quartering,n. Hist. 1.The dividing of a criminal’s body into quarters after execution, esp. as part of the punishment for a crime such as high treason. See HANGED, DRAWN, AND QUARTERED. 2. The furnishing of living quarters to members of the military. • The Third Amendment generally protects people from being forced to use their homes…
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quarter day.See DAY. [Blacks Law 8th]
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quarter,n.1. In the law of war, the act of showing mercy to a defeated enemy by sparing lives and accepting a surrender <to give no quarter>.2. See quarter section under SECTION. [Blacks Law 8th]
Read MoreQUARTA TREBELLIANICA
quarta Trebellianica (kwor-t<<schwa>> tr<<schwa>>-bel-ee-an-<<schwa>>-k<< schwa>>). [Latin “the quarter due under Trebellianus’s senatus consultum”] Hist. The fourth portion that an heir could retain from a succession after transferring the succession as directed by the testator under a fideicommissum. — Also termed quarta Trebelliana (tr<<schwa>>-bel-ee-ay-n<< schwa>> or -an-<<schwa>>). Cf. FALCIDIAN PORTION. [Blacks Law 8th]
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