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QUIRE OF DOVER

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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

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L. Latin: In old English law. Quitclaim. Bract fol. 33b. … [Read more...]

QUIRITARIAN OWNERSHIP

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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...]

QUIETE CLAMARE

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L. Latin: To quitclaim or renounce all pretensions of right and title. Bract fols. … [Read more...]

QUIT

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(verb) - To leave; remove from; surrender possession of; as when a tenant "quits" the premises or receives a "notice to-quit". Notice to quit. A written notice given by a landlord to his tenant, stating that the former desires to repossess himself of the demised premises, and that the latter is required to quit and remove from the same at a time designated, either at the … [Read more...]

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