Law Dictionary Definitions

quae perimunt causam (kwee per-<<schwa>>-m<<schwa>>nt kaw-z<<schwa>>m). [Latin] Hist. Pleas (such as peremptory defenses) that take away the basis of an action. [Blacks Law 8th]

quae non recipiunt functionem (kwee non ri-sip-ee-<<schwa>>nt fungk-shee-oh-n<< schwa>>m). [Law Latin] Hist. They that do not supply the place of others. • The phrase appeared in reference to goods that are unique, specific, or irreplaceable. Cf. QUAE FUNCTIONEM RECIPIUNT. [Blacks Law 8th]

quae non recipiunt functionem (kwee non ri-sip-ee-<<schwa>>nt fungk-shee-oh-n<< schwa>>m). [Law Latin] Hist. They that do not supply the place of others. • The phrase appeared in reference to goods that are unique, specific, or irreplaceable. Cf. QUAE FUNCTIONEM RECIPIUNT. [Blacks Law 8th]

quae non mente sed manu tenentur (kwee non men-tee sed man-yoo t<<schwa>>-nen-t<<schwa>>r). [Law Latin “things that are held not by the mind but by hand”] Hist. The natural parental duties arising from affection for one’s child, as distinguished from purely legal obligations. [Blacks Law 8th]

quae functionem recipiunt (kwee fungk-shee-oh-n<<schwa>>m ri-sip-ee-<<schwa>>nt). [Law Latin] Hist. Things whose value depends on the class of things to which they belong (e.g., money, corn, etc.). • The phrase appeared in reference to fungibles — that is, things that could be generically estimated by quantity or weight. Cf. QUAE NON RECIPIUNT FUNCTIONEM. [Blacks Law 8th]

quae est eadem (kwee est ee-ay-d<<schwa>>m). [Law Latin] Hist. Which is the same. • This phrase was used by a defendant in a trespass action to show that the trespass the defendant was justified in committing was the same as that alleged in the plaintiff’s pleading; that is, the plaintiff gave the defendant permission to…

quae cadunt in non causam (kwee kay-d<<schwa>>nt in non kaw-z<<schwa>>m). [Law Latin] Hist. Those things that we lose on the cessation of the title by which we hold them. [Blacks Law 8th]

quae cadit in virum constantem (kwee kay-dit in vI-r<<schwa>>m k<<schwa>>n-stan-t<<schwa>>m). [Latin] Hist. That which would overcome a man of firmness and resolution. [Blacks Law 8th]

quadruplicatio (kwah-dr<<schwa>>-pli-kay-shee-oh), n.[fr. Latin quadruplicatus “quadrupled”] 1.Roman law & civil law. A defendant’s pleading, following the triplicatio and similar to the rebutter at common law; the third defensive pleading. — Also termed quadruplication; (in old Scots law) quadruply. 2.Roman law. A plaintiff’s pleading, following the triplicatio, the replicatio, and the exceptio. Pl. quadruplicationes (kwah-dr<<schwa>>-pli-kay-shee-oh-neez). [Blacks…

quadruplator (kwah-droo-pl<<schwa>>-tor), n.[Latin] Roman law. An informer who, by law, could institute criminal proceedings and then receive a reward of a fourth part of the thing informed against, usu. relating to frauds on the fiscus. Pl. quadruplatores (kwah-dr<<schwa>>-pl<<schwa>>-tor-eez). [Blacks Law 8th]