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Quare intrusit

Quare intrusit, a writ that formerly lay where the Lord proffered a suitable marriage to his ward, who rejected it, and entered

Quare non permittit

Quare non permittit, an ancient writ, which lay for one who had a right to present to a church for a turn against the

Quare obstruxit

Quare obstruxit, a writ which lay for him who, having a liberty to pass through his neighbour's ground, could not enjoy his

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Quarto die post

'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

Quem redditum reddit

Quem redditum reddit, means 'which return he made'. A writ for a grantee of a rent (not a rent service) to force the tenant to consent to the

Questus est nobis

Questus est nobis, a writ of nuisance which, by 15 Edw. 1, lay against him to whom a house or other thing that

Quo minus

Quo minus, a writ which lay for him who had a grant of house-bote and hay-bote in another's woods against the grantor

Saint Martin-le-Grand, Court of

Saint Martin-le-Grand, Court of. A writ of error formerly lay from the sheriff's courts in the City of London to the Court of hustings,

Renewal of writs

Renewal of writs. It is provided by (English) R.S.C. 1883, Ord. VIII., that no writ of summons shall be in force

Reversal of judgment

Reversal of judgment. A judgment might have been reversed without a writ of error, for matters foreign to or dehors the record, i.e., not apparent upon the face of it,

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