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estates. A wharf at which to load or land goods, sometimes spelled key. 2. In its enlarged sense the word quay, means the whole space between the first row of houses of a city, and the sea or river 5 L. R. 152, 215. So much of the quay as is requisite for the public use of loading and unloading vessels, is public property, and cannot be appropriated to private use, but the rest … [Read more...]
TheLaw.com Law Dictionary & Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed.
In old records. A quest; an inquest, inquisition, or inquiry, upon the oaths of an impaneled jury. Cowell. … [Read more...]
TheLaw.com Law Dictionary & Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed.
L. Fr. Which la the same. A term used in actions of trespass, etc. See QUE EST EADEM. … [Read more...]
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...]