Law Dictionary Definitions

quae servando servari nequeunt (kwee s<<schwa>>r-van-doh s<<schwa>>r-vair-Inee-kwee-<<schwa>>nt). [Latin] Hist. Things that cannot be preserved uninjured by keeping. • The phrase usu. referred to perishable goods. [Blacks Law 8th]

quae sequuntur personam (kwee si-kw<<schwa>>n-t<<schwa>>r p<<schwa>>r-soh-n<< schwa>>m). [Latin] Hist. Things that follow the person. • The phrase usu. referred to movable property. [Blacks Law 8th]

quae sapiunt delictum (kwee say-pee-<>nt di-lik-t<>m). [Law Latin] Hist. Things that partake of the character of delict. [Blacks Law 8th]

quaeritur (kwee-ri-t<<schwa>>r orkwer-i-t<<schwa>>r), n. [Latin] Roman law. It is questioned. • This term introduced a doubtful legal problem. [Blacks Law 8th]

quaerens non invenit plegium (kweer-enz non in-vee-nit plee-jee-<<schwa>>m). [Law Latin “the plaintiff did not find a pledge”] Hist. A sheriff’s return to a writ requiring him to take security from the plaintiff for prosecution of the plaintiff’s claim. [Blacks Law 8th]

quaerens nihil capiat per billam (kweer-enz nI-hil kap-ee-<<schwa>>t p<<schwa>>r bil-<<schwa>>m). [Law Latin] Hist. Let the plaintiff take nothing by his bill. • This was a form of judgment for the defendant. [Blacks Law 8th]

quaerens (kweer-enz), n.[Law Latin] Hist. One who complains; a plaintiff. [Blacks Law 8th]

quaere (kweer-ee), vb.[Latin] Inquire; query; examine. • This term was often used in the syllabus of a reported case to show that a point was doubtful or open to question. [Blacks Law 8th]

quaequidem (kwee-kwid-<<schwa>>m). [Law Latin “which indeed” or “accordingly”] Hist. The introductory words of a charter clause showing, among other things, the manner in which the grantor obtained title. [Blacks Law 8th]

quae plura (kwee ploor-<<schwa>>). [Law Latin “what more”] Hist. A writ ordering the escheator, when it appeared that not all of a decedent’s property had been located, to inquire about any additional lands and tenements the decedent held at the time of death. [Blacks Law 8th]