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QUORUM

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Used substantively, quorum signifies the number of persons belonging to a legislative assembly, a corporation, society, or other body, required to transact business; there is a difference between an act done by a definite number of persons, and one performed by an indefinite number: in the first case a majority is required to constitute a quorum, unless the law expressly … [Read more...]

QUOSQUE

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Lat. How long; how far; until In old conveyances it is used as a word of limitation. 10 Coke, 41 … [Read more...]

QUOAD SACRA

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Latin: As to sacred things; for religious purposes. Qnocnmque modo velit; qnocnmqne modo possit. In any way he wishes; in any way he can. Clason v. Bailey, 14 Johns. (N. Y.) 484, 492. Quod a qnoque poense nomine exactnm est id eidem restituexe nemo cogitnr. That which has been exacted as a penalty no one is obliged to restore. Dig. 50, 17, 46. Quod ab initio non valet in tractn … [Read more...]

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