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Quo warranto
Quo warranto, a writ issuable out of the King's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice, in the nature of a writ of right for the Crown against him who claims or usurps any office,...
Questman, or Questmonger
Questman, or Questmonger, means an instigator of a lawsuit or prosecution, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1260. Starter of law-suits or prosecutions; also a person chosen to inquire into abuses, especially such as relate to...
Querent
Querent [fr. querens, Lat.], a plaintiff, complainant, inquirer.
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Qude jus
Qude jus, means 'what kind of right'. A writ ordering an escheator to inquire into the extent of a religious person's right to a judgment, before its execution, to make sure that the judgment was not...
Quale jus
Quale jus, a judicial writ, which lay where a man of religion had judgment to recover land, before execution was made of the judgment; it went forth to the escheator between judgment and execution, to inquire...
Parliamentary Committee
Parliamentary Committee, a committee of members of the House of Peers, or of the House of Commons, appointed by either House for the purpose of making inquiries, by the examination of witness or otherwise, into matters...
Pardon
Pardon, forgiveness of a crime; remission of punis-hment. The pardoning of criminals is the peculiar preroga-tive of the sovereign. See 4 Steph. Com., 7th Edn. The sovereign may pardon all offences merely against the Crown and...
Equity of redemption
Equity of redemption. Before 1926 the equitable estate or interest left in a person after he had mortgaged his property. Now the right to call for a reconveyance of a legal estate or of an equitable...
Chapitre
Chapitre [fr. Capitula, Lat., chapters of a book], a summary of matters to be inquired of or presented before justices in eyre, justices of assize, or the peace, in their sessions, Britton, c. iii.
Election Commissioners
Election Commissioners, are commissioners appointed by the Crown on the joint address of both Houses of Parliament to inquire into the report made by judges on the trial of an election petition (q.v.) that corrupt and...
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