In old practice. Called or exacted the fifth time. A return made by the sheriff, after a defendant had been proclaimed, required, or exacted in five county courts successively, and failed to appear, upon which he was outlawed by the coroners of the county. 3 BL Comm. 283. … [Read more...]

Also known as caveat emptor. Legal maxim and Latin for Let the buyer beware (who out not to be ignorant what he buys from another.) The law implies no warranty of goodness or quality on sale of goods, and the maxim applies in such cases, it being remembered that Simplex commendatio non obligat. If goods be ordered for any particular purpose, or of a particular description, or … [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...]