TheLaw.com Law Dictionary & Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed.
(A) punishment, crm. law. A means sometimes employed, in some countries, by means of torture, to compel supposed great criminals to disclose their accomplices, or to acknowledge their crimes. 2. This torture is called question, because, as the unfortunate person accused is made to suffer pain, he is asked questions as to his supposed crime or accomplices. The same as torture. … [Read more...]
TheLaw.com Law Dictionary & Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed.
Which is the same. Vide Quce est eadem. … [Read more...]
TheLaw.com Law Dictionary & Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed.
Questions as to the facts, such as the truth of the facts presented, are determined by a jury. Questions of law are decided by a judge. … [Read more...]
TheLaw.com Law Dictionary & Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed.
L. Fr. Whose estate. A term used in pleading, particularly in claiming prescription, by which it is alleged that the plaintiff and those former owners whose estate he has have immemorially exercised the right claimed. This was called "prescribing in a que estate." … [Read more...]
TheLaw.com Law Dictionary & Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed.
A question as to law is answered by a judge, not the jury. For example, a question as to how the law should be applied, whether testimony given in court is inadmissible hearsay. … [Read more...]