Law Dictionary Definitions

quarta Falcidiana (kwor-t<<schwa>> fal-sid-ee-an-<<schwa>>). [Latin “Falcidian fourth”] See FALCIDIAN PORTION. [Blacks Law 8th]

quarta divi Pii (kwor-t<<schwa>> dI-vIpI-I). [Latin “quarter of the deified Pius”] Roman law. The quarter portion of a testator’s estate required to be left to an adrogated child who had been unjustly emancipated or disinherited. [Blacks Law 8th]

quarrel. 1. An altercation or angry dispute; an exchange of recriminations, taunts, threats, or accusations between two persons. 2.Archaic. A complaint; a legal action. “Quarrels is derived from querendo, and extends not only to actions as well real as personal, but also to the causes of actions and suits: so that by the release of…

quare obstruxit (kwair-ee <<schwa>>b-str<<schwa>>k-sit), n.[Law Latin “why he obstructed”] Hist. A writ for one who could not enjoy a privilege to pass through a neighbor’s land because the neighbor had obstructed the path. [Blacks Law 8th]

quarentine. See QUARANTINE. [Blacks Law 8th]

quarentena terrae (kwahr-en-tee-n<<schwa>> ter-ee), n.[Law Latin “a quantity of land”] Hist. A furlong. [Blacks Law 8th]

quare non permittit (kwair-ee non p<<schwa>>r-mit-it), n.[Law Latin “why he does not permit”] Hist. A writ for one who has a right to present to a church, against the proprietor. [Blacks Law 8th]

quare intrusit (kwair-ee in-troo-sit), n.[Law Latin “why he thrust in”] Hist. A writ allowing a lord to recover the value of a marriage, when the lord offered a suitable marriage to a ward but the ward rejected it and married someone else. • It was abolished by the Tenures Abolition Act, 1660, 24. [Blacks Law…

quare incumbravit (kwair-ee in-k<<schwa>>m-bray-vit), n.[Law Latin “why he incumbered”] Hist. A writ or action to compel a bishop to explain why he encumbered the church when, within six months after the vacation of a benefice and after a ne admittas was received, the bishop conferred the benefice on his clerk while other clerks were contending…

quare executionem non.[Latin] See Q.E.N.    [Blacks Law 8th]