Eng. law. The fifth call or last requisition of a defendant sued to outlawry. … [Read more...]
QUIETARE
L. Latin: To quit acquit, discharge, or save harmless. A formal word in old deeds of donation and other conveyances. Cowell. … [Read more...]
QUIRE OF DOVER
In English law. A record In the exchequer, showing the tenures for guarding and repairing Dover Castle, and determining the services' of the Cinque Porte. 3 How. State Tr. 868. … [Read more...]
QUIETE CLAMANTIA
L. Latin: In old English law. Quitclaim. Bract fol. 33b. … [Read more...]
QUIRITARIAN OWNERSHIP
In Roman law. Ownership held by a title recognized by the municipal law, in an object also recognized by that law, and in the strict character of a Roman citizen. "Roman law originally only recognized one kind of dominion, called, emphatically, 'quiritary dominion.' Gradually, however, certain real rights arose which, though they failed to satisfy all the elements of the … [Read more...]