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Qu'sta, an indulgence or remission of penance, sold by the pope.Means remissions of penance, authorized by the Pope to those who contributed a certain amount to the church. Also termed quesita, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1253....
Qu'stionarii
Qu'stionarii, those who carried qu'sta about from door to door....
Conditio beneficialis, qu' statum construit, benigne secundum verborum intentionem est interpretanda; odiosa autem qu' statum destruit, stricte secundum verborum proprietatem accipienda
Conditio beneficialis, qu' statum construit, benigne secundum verborum intentionem est interpretanda; odiosa autem qu' statum destruit, stricte secundum verborum proprietatem accipienda. 8 Rep. 90. (A beneficial condition, which creates as estate, ought to be construed favourably according to the intention of the words; but a condition which destroys an estate is odious, and ought to be construed strictly according to the letter of the words.)...
Qu' est eadem
Qu' est eadem (which is the same). In trespass and other actions, when the plea necessarily stated the trespass to have been committed at some other time, place, etc., than that laid in the declaration, it was usual, before the conclusion of the plea, to allege, that the supposed trespasses mentioned in the plea were the same as those whereof the plaintiff had complained. This allegation was usually termed qu' est eadem. It was equivalent to a traverse of the time and place named in the declaration, 1 Chit. Pleading, 581.It means which is the same. This phrase was used by a defendant in a trespass action to show that the trespass the defendant was justified in committing was the same as that alleged in the plaintiff's pleading, that is, the plaintiff gave the defendant permission to enter, and so the defendant entered the property, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1252....
Ad ea qu' frequentius accident jura adaptantur
Ad ea qu' frequentius accident jura adaptantur. Wing. 216; 2 Inst. 137; Broom's Leg. Max.-(The laws are adapted to those cases which more frequently arise.)-'A good sound maxim in construing Acts of Parliament', Dixon v. Caledonian Ry. Co., (1880) 5 App Cas 838, per Lord Blackburn....
Commercium jure gentium commune esse debet, et non in monopolium et privatum paucorum qu'stum convertendum
Commercium jure gentium commune esse debet, et non in monopolium et privatum paucorum qu'stum convertendum. 3 Inst. 181.-(Commerce by the law of nations ought to be common, and not converted to monopoly and the private gain of a few.)...
De fide et officio judicis non reciptur qu'stio; sed de scientia, sive error sit juris aut facti
De fide et officio judicis non reciptur qu'stio; sed de scientia, sive error sit juris aut facti. Bacon.--(A question cannot be admitted as to the good faith and honesty of a judge; but it may as to his knowledge, whether he be mistaken as to the law or the fact.) And see Broom's Leg. Max.It is an ancient rule that a judge of record is not liable to an action for anything done by him in his judicial character, even for slander; see Scott v. Stansfield, (1868) LR 3 Ex. 220. And see JUDGE....
Expressio eorum qu' tacite insunt nihil operatur
Expressio eorum qu' tacite insunt nihil operatur. Co. Litt. 210.-(The expression of those things which are tacitly implied has no effect.) See Broom's Max., citing Doe v. Alexander, (1814) 2 M. & S. 525, where the maxim was applied by Dampier, J., and other cases....
In contractis tacite insunt qu' sunt moris et consuetudinis
In contractis tacite insunt qu' sunt moris et consuetudinis. (Persons are presumed to contract with reference to habits and customs)....
In his qu' de jure communi omnibus conceduntur, consuetudo alicujus patri' vel loci non est alleganda
In his qu' de jure communi omnibus conceduntur, consuetudo alicujus patri' vel loci non est alleganda. 11 Co. 85.-(In those things which by common right are conceded to all, the custom of a particular district or place is not to be alleged.)...
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