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Querela
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QuerelaAn action preferred in any court of justice, in which the plaintiff was called querens or complainant, and his brief, complaint, or declaration, was called querela.
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Action
1) French commercial. Stock in a company, shares in a corporation. 2)Civil law. An action instituted to avoid a sale onaccount of some Vice or defect in the thing sold which readers it either absolutely useless, or its use so inconvenient and, imperfect, that it must be, supposed the buyer would not have purchased it, had he known of the vice.
Court
A body in government to which the administration of justice is delegated.
Justice
Fairness. A state of affairs in which conduct or action is both fair and right, given the circumstances. In law, it more specifically refers to the paramount obligation to ensure that all persons are treated fairly. Litigants "seek justice" by asking for compensation for wrongs committed against them; to right the inequity such that, with the compensation, a wrong has been righted and the balance of "good" or "virtue" over "wrong" or "evil" has been corrected.
Plaintiff
The party who begins an action; the party who complains or sues in an action and is named as such in the court's records. Also called a petitioner.
Complainant
One who makes a complaint. A plaintiff in a suit in chancery is so called.
Brief
Ecclesiastical law. The name of a kind of papal rescript. Briefs are writings sealed with wax, and differ in this respect from bulls, which are scaled with lead.
Complaint
Criminal law. The allegation made to a proper officer, that some person, whether known or unknown, has been guilty of a designated offence, with an offer to prove the fact, and a request that the offender may be punished.
Querela
An action preferred in any court of justice, in which the plaintiff was called querens or complainant, and his brief, complaint, or declaration, was called querela.
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Quay
Estates. A wharf at which to load or land goods, sometimes spelled key.
Que est mesme
Which is the same.
Que estate
These words literally translated signify quem statum, or which estate. At common law, it is a plea by which a man prescribes in himself and those whose estate he holds.
Quean
A worthless woman a strumpet. The meaning of this word, which is now seldom used, is said not to be well ascertained.
Queen
There are several kinds of queens in some countries. 1) Queen regnant, is a woman who possesses in her own right the executive power of the country. 2) Queen consort, is the wife of a king. 3) Queen dowager is the widow of a king. In the United States there is no one with this title.
Querela
Question
1) Punishment, crm. law. A means sometimes employed, in some countries, by means of torture, to compel supposed great criminals to disclose their accomplices, or to acknowledge their crimes. 2) Evidence. An interrogation put to a witness, requesting him to declare the truth of certain facts as far as he knows them. 3) Practice. A point on which the parties are not agreed, and which is submitted to the decision of a judge and jury.
Questor
Questor or quaestor. Civil law. A name which was given to two distinct classes of Roman officers. One of which was called quaestores classici, and the other quaestores parricidii.
Qui facit per alium, facit per se
He who acts through another acts by himself. The act of the agent is the act of the principal - within the scope of the employment.
Qui non habet, ille non dat
He who does not own cannot transfer.
Qui tacet consentire videtur
He who is silent is regarded as consenting: silence gives consent.
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Action
1) French commercial. Stock in a company, shares in a corporation. 2)Civil law. An action instituted to avoid a sale onaccount of some Vice or defect in the thing sold which readers it either absolutely useless, or its use so inconvenient and, imperfect, that it must be, supposed the buyer would not have purchased it, had he known of the vice.
Court
A body in government to which the administration of justice is delegated.
Justice
Fairness. A state of affairs in which conduct or action is both fair and right, given the circumstances. In law, it more specifically refers to the paramount obligation to ensure that all persons are treated fairly. Litigants "seek justice" by asking for compensation for wrongs committed against them; to right the inequity such that, with the compensation, a wrong has been righted and the balance of "good" or "virtue" over "wrong" or "evil" has been corrected.
Plaintiff
The party who begins an action; the party who complains or sues in an action and is named as such in the court's records. Also called a petitioner.
Complainant
One who makes a complaint. A plaintiff in a suit in chancery is so called.
Brief
Ecclesiastical law. The name of a kind of papal rescript. Briefs are writings sealed with wax, and differ in this respect from bulls, which are scaled with lead.
Complaint
Criminal law. The allegation made to a proper officer, that some person, whether known or unknown, has been guilty of a designated offence, with an offer to prove the fact, and a request that the offender may be punished.
Querela
An action preferred in any court of justice, in which the plaintiff was called querens or complainant, and his brief, complaint, or declaration, was called querela.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Quay
Estates. A wharf at which to load or land goods, sometimes spelled key.
Que est mesme
Which is the same.
Que estate
These words literally translated signify quem statum, or which estate. At common law, it is a plea by which a man prescribes in himself and those whose estate he holds.
Quean
A worthless woman a strumpet. The meaning of this word, which is now seldom used, is said not to be well ascertained.
Queen
There are several kinds of queens in some countries. 1) Queen regnant, is a woman who possesses in her own right the executive power of the country. 2) Queen consort, is the wife of a king. 3) Queen dowager is the widow of a king. In the United States there is no one with this title.
Querela
Question
1) Punishment, crm. law. A means sometimes employed, in some countries, by means of torture, to compel supposed great criminals to disclose their accomplices, or to acknowledge their crimes. 2) Evidence. An interrogation put to a witness, requesting him to declare the truth of certain facts as far as he knows them. 3) Practice. A point on which the parties are not agreed, and which is submitted to the decision of a judge and jury.
Questor
Questor or quaestor. Civil law. A name which was given to two distinct classes of Roman officers. One of which was called quaestores classici, and the other quaestores parricidii.
Qui facit per alium, facit per se
He who acts through another acts by himself. The act of the agent is the act of the principal - within the scope of the employment.
Qui non habet, ille non dat
He who does not own cannot transfer.
Qui tacet consentire videtur
He who is silent is regarded as consenting: silence gives consent.
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