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QUATUORVIRI

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In Roman law. Magistrates who had the care and inspection of roads. Dig. 1, 2, 3, 30. … [Read more...]

QUAY

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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...]

QUESTA

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In old records. A quest; an inquest, inquisition, or inquiry, upon the oaths of an impaneled jury. Cowell. … [Read more...]

QUE EST LE MESME

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L. Fr. Which la the same. A term used in actions of trespass, etc. See QUE EST EADEM. … [Read more...]

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