Lat. In old English practice. A writ which lay where an Inquisition had been made by an escheator in any county of such lands or tenements as any man died seised of, and all that was in his possession was imagined not to be found by the office; the writ commanding the escheator to inquire what more (quw plura) lands and tenements the party held on the day when he died, etc … [Read more...]

Offerings formerly made, on Mid-Lent Sunday, to the mother church. … [Read more...]

The third volume of the year books of the reign of Edward III. So called because beginning with the fortieth year of that sovereign's reign. Crabb, Eng. Law, 327. … [Read more...]

Lat. In Roman law. The fourth part; the quarter of any number, measure, or quantity. Hence an heir to the fourth part of the inheritance was called "hares ex quadrante" Also a Roman coin, being the fourth part of an as, equal in value to an English half-penny. In old English law. A farthing; a fourth part or quarter of a penny. … [Read more...]

In angular measures, a quadrant is equal to ninety degrees. Vide Measure. … [Read more...]