L. Fr. Which la the same. A term used in actions of trespass, etc. See QUE EST EADEM. … [Read more...]
QUESTION
(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...]
QUE EST MESME
Which is the same. Vide Quce est eadem. … [Read more...]
QUESTION OF FACT
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...]
QUE ESTATE
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...]