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A writ that formerly lay where the lord proffered a suitable marriage to his ward, who rejected it, and entered into the land, and married another, the value of his marriage not being satisfied to the lord. Abolished by 12 Car. II. c 24. … [Read more...] about QUARE INTRUSIT

The seal kept by the director of the chancery in Scotland is so called. It is in the shape and impression of the fourth part of the great seal. … [Read more...] about QUARTER SEAL

In English law. A writ to recover damages against a bishop who does not admit a plaintiff's clerk. It is, however, rarely or never necessary; for it is said that a bishop, refusing to execute the writ ad admittcndum clericum, or making an insufficient return to It, may be fined. Wats. Cler. Law, 302. … [Read more...] about QUARE NON ADMISIT

In English law. A criminal court held before two or more justices of the peace, (one of whom must be of the quorum,) in every county, once in every quarter of a year. 4 BL Comm. 271; 4 Steph. Comm. 335. In American law. Courts established in some of the states, to be holden four times in the year, invested with criminal jurisdiction, usually of offenses less than felony, and … [Read more...] about QUARTER SESSIONS

An ancient writ, which lay for one who had a right to present to a church for a turn against the proprietary. Fleta, 1. 5, c. 6. … [Read more...] about QUARE NON PERMITITT