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Quarto die post, means 'on the fourth day after'. The defendant's appearance day, being four days (inclusive) from the return of the writ, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1257.

Quarto die post, the fourth day inclusive after a return of a writ, and if a defendant appeared, then it was sufficient; but this practice was afterwards altered, 1 Tidd's Pr. 107.