Law Dictionary Definitions

qualified acceptance.See ACCEPTANCE(1). [Blacks Law 8th]

qualified,adj.1. Possessing the necessary qualifications; capable or competent <a qualified medical examiner>.2. Limited; restricted <qualified immunity>. — qualify,vb.  [Blacks Law 8th]

qualification. 1. The possession of qualities or properties (such as fitness or capacity) inherently or legally necessary to make one eligible for a position or office, or to perform a public duty or function . [Cases: Officers and Public Employees 35. C.J.S. Officers and Public Employees § 58.] 2. A modification or limitation of terms…

qualificate (kwah-li-fi-kay-tee). [Law Latin] Hist. Qualifiedly.  [Blacks Law 8th]

quale jus (kway-lee orkwah-lee j<<schwa>>s). [Latin “what kind of right”] Hist. A writ ordering an escheator to inquire into the extent of a religious person’s right to a judgment, before its execution, to make sure that the judgment was not collusively made to avoid the mortmain statute.  [Blacks Law 8th]

quae transeunt per commercium (kwee tran-see-<<schwa>>nt [ortran-zee] p<< schwa>>r k<<schwa>>-m<<schwa>>r-shee-<<schwa>>m). [Law Latin] Hist. Things that pass through commerce; things that are bought and sold.  [Blacks Law 8th]

quae sunt in patrimonio nostro (kwee s<<schwa>>nt in pa-tr<<schwa>>-moh-nee-oh nos-troh). [Latin] Hist. Things that form part of our possession.  [Blacks Law 8th]

quaestus (kwes-t<<schwa>>s orkwee-st<<schwa>>s), n. [Latin] 1.Roman law. Profit, esp. from a business. 2.Hist. Acquisition; purchase. • This term refers to a purchased estate, as distinguished from hereditas, referring to an estate obtained by descent. [Blacks Law 8th]

quaestor sacri palatii (kwes-t<<schwa>>r say-krI p<<schwa>>-lay-shee-I). [Latin “quaestor of the sacred palace”] Roman law. An officer of the imperial court who acted as legal adviser to the emperor. “The quaestor sacri palatii was one of the highest civil functionaries in the later Empire, concerned with the preparation of enactments and legal decisions to be issued…

quaestores parricidii (kwes-tor-eez par-<<schwa>>-sI-dee-I), n. pl.[Latin “quaestors of parricide”] Roman law. Two officers of the early Republic who were deputized to search out and try all cases of parricide and other capital offenses. See LEX POMPEIA DE PARRICIDIIS.  [Blacks Law 8th]