(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 the same kind. 2. It is in general necessary, when the declaration alleges an injury to the goods and chattels, or any contract relating to them, that the quality should be stated and it is also essential, in an action for the recovery of real estate, that its quality should be shown; as, whether it consists of houses, lands, or other hereditaments, whether the lands are meadow, pasture or arable The same rule requires that, in an action for an injury to real property, the quality should be shown.
Law Dictionary – Alternative Legal Definition
In respect to persons, this term denotes comparative rank; state or condition in relation to others; social or civil position or class. tIn pleading, it; means ap attribute or characteristic by which one thing, is distinguished from another. Quality of estate. The period when, and the manner in which, the right of enjoying an estate is exercised. It is of two kinds: (1) The period when the right of enjoying an estate is conferred upon the owner, whether at present or in future; and (2) the manner in which the owner’s right of enjoyment of his estate is to be exercised, whether solely, jointly, in common, or in coparcenary. Wharton. Quam longurn debet esse rationabile tempns non definitur In lego, sed pendot en discretione justieiarierum. Co. Litt. 56. How long reasonable time ought to be. is not defined by law, but depends upon the discretion of the judges. Qnam rationabilis debet esse finis, non definitur, sed omnibus . oiroumstantiis inapectis pendet en justieiariorum discretione. What a reasonable fine ought to be is not defined, but is left to the discretion of the judges, all the circumstances being considered. 11 Coke, 44.