That the bill be quashed. The coinnion-law form of a judgment sustaining a plea in abatement, where the proceeding is by bill, i.e., by a capias instead of by original writ. … [Read more...]
QUOD CLERICI BENEFICIATI DE CANCELLARIA
A writ to exempt a clerk of the chancery from the contribution towards the proctors of the clergy in parliament etc. Beg. Orig. 261. … [Read more...]
QUOD CLERICI NON ELIGANTUR IN OFFICIO BALLIVI, ETC
A writ which lay for a clerk, who, by reason of some land he had, was made, or was about to be made, bailiff, beadle, reeve, or some such officer, to obtain exemption from serving the office. Reg. Orig. 187. … [Read more...]
QUIETUS REDDITUS
In old English law. Quitrent Spelman. See QUITRENT. Qnilibet potest rennneiare juri pre se introdneto. Every one may renounce or relinquish a right introduced for his own benefit 2 Inst 183; Wing. Max. p. 483, max. 123; 4 Bl. Comm. 317. … [Read more...]
QUILLE
In French marine law. Keel; the keel of a vessel. Ord. Mar. liv. 3, tit 6, art 8. … [Read more...]