Because it issued erroneously, or through mistake. A term in old English practice. Tel. 83. … [Read more...]

Lat. An action preferred in any court of justice. The plaintiff was called "querens," or complainant and his brief, complaint, or declaration was called querela." Jacob. … [Read more...]

A writ by which one is called to justify a complaint of a trespass made to the king himself, before the king and his council. Reg. Orig. 124. … [Read more...]

A term used in the civil law. A quasi-contract is the act of a person, permitted by law, by which he obligates himself towards another, or by which another binds himself to him, without any agreement between them. 2. By article 2272 of the Civil Code of Louisiana, which is translated from article 1371 of the Code Civil, quasi-contracts are defined to be the lawful and purely … [Read more...]

Lat. In the civil law. A species of action allowed to a child who had been unjustly disinherited, to set aside the will, founded on the presumption of law, in such cases, that the parent was not In his right mind. Calvin.; 2 Kent, Comm. 327; Bell. … [Read more...]