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(A) commerce, crim. law. The space of forty days, or a less quantity of time, during which the crew of a ship or vessel coming from a port or place infected or supposed to be infected with disease, are required to remain on board after their arrival, before they can be permitted to land. 2. The object of the quarantine is to ascertain whether the crew are infected or not. 3. To … [Read more...] about QUARANTINE

In Roman law. That portion of a testator's estate which, by the Falcidlan law, was required to be left to the heir, amounting to at least one-fourth. See Mackeld. Rom. Law, … [Read more...] about QUARTA FALCIDIA

A witness who is permitted to testify under the business records exception to the hearsay rule so as to lay a foundation for admission of evidence as to the procedure and maintenance of business records. … [Read more...] about QUALIFIED WITNESS

To make one's self fit or prepared to exercise a right, office, or franchise. To take the steps necessary to prepare one's self for an office or appointment, as by taking oath, giving bond, etc. Pub. St. Mass. p. 1294; Archer v. State, 74 Md. 443, 22 Atl. 8, 28 Am. St. Rep. 261; Hale v. Salter, 25 La. Ann. 324; State v. Albert, 55 Kan. 154, 40 Pac. 286. Also to limit; to … [Read more...] about QUALIFY

(A) persons. The state or condition of a person. 2. Two contrary qualities cannot be in the same person at the same time. 3. Every one is presumed to know the quality of the person with whom he is contracting. 4. In the United States, the people happily are all upon an equality in their civil and political rights. (B) pleading. That which distinguishes one thing from another of … [Read more...] about QUALITY