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De quota litis
De quota litisThe name of a part or contract, in the civil law, by which one who has a claim difficult to recover, agrees with another to give a part for the purpose of obtaining his services to recover the rest. RELATED TERMS-------------------------------------- Name One or more words used to distinguish a particular individual, as Socrates, Benjamin Franklin. Contract A negotiated oral or written agreement setting forth the terms for an exchange of value between parties (which may be individuals or companies) and under which each party promises to perform an obligation. Certain terms, such as the obligations to be performed and the terms for setting price or compensation must be mutually understood, known in legal lingo as a "meeting of the minds," and promised to by the parties to form a legal contract. Civil 1) It is used in contradistinction to barbarous or savage, to indicate a state of society reduced to order and regular government; thus we speak of civil life, civil society, civil government, and civil liberty. 2) It is sometimes used in contradistinction to criminal, to indicate the private rights and remedies of men, as members of the community, in contrast to those which are public and relate to the government; thus we speak of civil process and criminal process, civil jurisdiction and criminal jurisdiction. Law A rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society. The learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system. Claim A demand for resolution or remedy of a grievance, or for something that is rightly the claimant's. Example: A demand for payment to recover a loss protected by an insurance policy. A demand in a court of law filed by a claimant on any juridical issue he / she considers. Rest A party is said to "rest" or "rest its case" when it has presented all the evidence it intends to offer. SIMILAR TERMS-------------------------------------- PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS-------------------------------------- De novi operis nunciatione Civil law. Where a thiug is intended to be done against another man's right, the party aggrieved may have in many cases, according to the civilians, an interdict or injunctIion, to hinder that which is intended to his prejudice: as where one buildeth an house contrary to the usual and received form of building to the injury of his neighbor, there lieth an injunction de novi operis nunciatione, which being served, the offender is either to desist from his work or to put in sureties that he shall pull it down, if he do not in a short time avow the lawfulness thereof. De novo Latin: new. This term is used to refer to a trial which starts over, which wipes the slate clean and begins all over again, as if any previous partial or complete hearing had not occurred. De odio et atia These words sisignify "from hatred and ill will." When a person was committed on a charge of a crime, from such a motive, he could sue the writ de otio et atia, and procure his liberty on giving bail. De partitione facienda The name of a writ for making partition. De proprietate probanda English practice. The name of a writ which issues in a case of replevin when the defendant claims property in the chattels replevied, and the sheriff makes a return accordingly. De quota litis De reparatione facienda The name of a writ which lies by one tenant in common against the other, to cause him to aid in repairing the common propert. De son tort Of his own wrong. This term is usually applied to a person who, having no right to meddle with the affairs or estate of a deceased person, yet undertakes to do. so, by acting as executor of the deceased. De son tort demesne Of his own wrong, pleading. The name of a replication in an action for a wrong or injury. When the defendant pleads a matter merely in excuse of an injury to the person or reputation of another, the plaintiff may reply de son tort demesne sans tiel cause; that it was the defendant's own wrong without such cause. De terris Out of the lands. De una parte A deed de una parte, is one where only one party grants, gives, or binds himself to do.a thing to another. We thank you for using the Juridical Dictionary to search for De quota litis. If you have a better definition for De quota litis than the one presented here, please let us know by making use of the suggest a term option. This definition of De quota litis may be disputed by other professionals. Our attempt is to provide easy definitions on De quota litis and any other medical topic for the public at large.
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