Law Dictionary Definitions

quadripartite,adj. Hist. (Of an indenture, etc.) drawn, divided, or executed in four parts. quadripartite,n. A book or treatise divided into four parts. [Blacks Law 8th]

quadriennium utile (kwah-dree-en-ee-<<schwa>>m yoo-t<<schwa>>-lee).Scots law. A four-year period after the attainment of majority within which the young adult may seek to annul any contract made while the person was a minor. [Blacks Law 8th]

quadriennium (kwah-dree-en-ee-<<schwa>>m), n.[Latin fr. quatuor “four” + annus “year”] Roman law. The four-year course of study required of law students before they were qualified to study the Code or collection of imperial constitutions. [Blacks Law 8th]

quadragesimals (kwah-dr<<schwa>>-jes-i-m<<schwa>>lz), n. pl.[fr. Latin quadragesima “the fortieth”] Hist. Offerings made on Mid-Lent Sunday by daughter churches to the mother church. [Blacks Law 8th]

quadragesima (kwah-dr<<schwa>>-jes-i-m<<schwa>>), n.[Latin “fortieth”] Hist. 1.Lent — so called because it runs about 40 days. 2. The first Sunday in Lent — so called because it is about the 40th day before Easter. [Blacks Law 8th]

quacumque via data (kway-k<<schwa>>m-kwee vI-<<schwa>> day-t<<schwa>>). [Latin] Whichever way given; whichever way you take it. [Blacks Law 8th]

qua (kway or kwah). [Latin] In the capacity of; as <the fiduciary, qua fiduciary, is not liable for fraud, but he may be liable as an individual. [Blacks Law 8th]

QTIP trust.See TRUST. [Blacks Law 8th]

QTIP (kyoo-tip).abbr.QUALIFIED-TERMINABLE-INTEREST PROPERTY. [Blacks Law 8th]

Q.T.abbr.QUI TAM ACTION. [Blacks Law 8th]