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person who is descended from a white person, and another person who has an equal mixture of the European and African blood. … [Read more...] about QUADROON

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Lat. In Roman law. Informers who, if their information were followed'by conviction, had the fourth part of the confiscated goods for their trouble. … [Read more...] about QUADRUPLATORES

Qualified Terminable Interest Property; trust for wealthy families where a surviving spouse can place money into a trust to delay payment of estate taxes. The surviving spouse may use of the trust property tax-free and taxes are deferred until the death of the surviving spouse dies and when the trust property is received by the final trust beneficiaries. … [Read more...] about QTIP TRUST

Lat. In the civil law. A pleading on the part of a defendant, corresponding to the rebutter at common law. The third pleading on the part of the defendant. Inst 4, 14, 3; 3 BL Comm. 310. Qnss ab hostibns capiuntur, statlm ca-pientinm Hunt. 2 Burrows, 693. Things which are taken from enemies immediately become the property of the captors. Qnss ab initio inntilis fnit institute, … [Read more...] about QUADRUPLICATIO