Quaestus
Legal definition for Indian law research
Definition
Quaestus, means profit. This term refers to a purchased estate, as distinguished from haeroditas, referring to an estate obtained by descent, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1253.
Qu'stus, that estate which a man has by acquisition or purchase, in contradistinction to h'reditas, which is what he has by descent, Glanv. 1. 7, c. 1.
Qu'stus, that estate which a man has by acquisition or purchase, in contradistinction to h'reditas, which is what he has by descent, Glanv. 1. 7, c. 1.
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