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Latin, meaning He who has not the power of alienating is under the necessity of retaining. … [Read more...] about QUI NON HABET POTESTATEM ALIENANDI HABET NECESSITATEM RETINENDI

Living; alive. "Quick chattels must be put in pound-overt that the owner may give them sustenance; dead need not." Finch, Law, b. 2, c. 6. … [Read more...] about QUICK

Latin, meaning He who does not disapprove, approves. … [Read more...] about QUI NON IMPROBAT APPROBAT

med. jurisp. The motion of the foetus, when felt by the mother, is called quickening, and the mother is then said to be quick with child. 1 Beck's Med. Jurisp. 172; 1 Russ. on Cr. 553. 2. This happens at different periods of pregnancy in different women, and in different circumstances, but most usually about the fifteenth or sixteenth week after conception. 3 Camp. Rep. 97. 3. … [Read more...] about QUICK WITH CHILD

Latin, meaning He who does not prevent what he is able to prevent, is considered as committing the thing. … [Read more...] about QUI NON OBSTAT QUOD OBSTARE POTEST FACERE VIDETUR