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qui tam action : an action that is brought by a person on behalf of a government against a party alleged to have violated a statute esp. against defrauding the government through false claims and that provides for part of a penalty to go to the person bringing the action [the whistleblower brought a qui tam action against the contractor for presenting fraudulent claims for payment] ...
Qui tam action
Qui tam action, means 'who as well for the king as for himself sues in this matter. An action brought under a statute that allows a private person to sue for a penalty, part of which the government or some specified public institution will receive, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1262....
qui tam
qui tam [Late Latin, who as much, who as well; from the first words of a clause referring to the plaintiff as one who sues as much for the state as for himself or herself] : of, relating to, or being a qui tam action [a qui tam plaintiff] ...
Qui tam
Qui tam (who as well), a popular action (i.e. one which any one may bring) on a penal statute (q.v.) which is partly at the suit of the King and partly at that of an informer; so called from the words 'Qui tam pro domino rege, quam pro se ipso, sequitur.'As to the power of the Crown to remit these penalties, see Remission of Penalties Act, 1859, and in respect of Sunday entertainments, the Remission of Penalties Act, 1875. See Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Penal Actions'; and as to compounding (by leave of the Court) see R.S.C., Ord. L., rr. 13-15....
Popular Action
Popular Action, brought by one of the public to recover some penalty given by statute to any person who chooses to sue for it. See also QUI TAM ACTION....
relator
relator : a party other than the plaintiff upon whose information, knowledge, or relation of facts an action is brought when the right to bring the action is vested in another: as a : the private person who brings a qui tam action b : a party who has standing and on whose behalf a writ (as of mandamus) is petitioned for by the state as plaintiff [ then filed…a petition in prohibition requesting this court to prohibit respondents from transferring the funds "State ex rel. Tate v. Turner, 789 S.W.2d 240 (1990)"] see also ex relatione ...
whistleblower
whistleblower : an employee who brings wrongdoing by an employer or other employees to the attention of a government or law enforcement agency and who is commonly vested by statute with rights and remedies for retaliation compare qui tam action whis·tle·blow·ing [-i] n ...
Penal statute
Penal statute, penal statute or penal law is a law that defines an offence and prescribes its corresponding fine, penalty or punishment, Karnataka Rare Earth v. Senior Geologist, (2004) 2 SCC 783 (791).Those which impose penalties or punishments for an offence committed; they are construed strictly in favour of the person charged with the offence. See, however, remarks of Lord Alverstone, C.J., in Dunning v. Swetman, (1909) 1 KB 776.The penalties or forfeitures under these statutes are generally made recoverable by the Crown, or the party aggrieved, or a common informer, as the case may be. See 4 Hen. 7, c. 20; 31 Eliz. c. 3; 18 Eliz. c. 5; 21 Jac. 1, c. 4; the (England) House of Commons (Disqualification) Acts of 1782 and 1801; and Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Penal Actions.'This remedy is generally designated a penal action; or, where one part of the forfeiture is given to the Crown and the other part to the informer, a popular or qui tam (q.v.) action. For an instance of a recent action...
Informer
Informer, a person who prosecutes those who break any law or penal statute; also an approver. See QUI TAM; APPROVER; COMMON INFORMER.Means (1) Informant (2) A private citizen who brings a penal action to recover a penalty. Under some statutes, a private citizen is required to sue the offence for a penalty before any criminal liability can attach, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 783....
Tam quam
Tam quam, writ of error from inferior Courts, when the error is supposed to be as well in giving the judgment as in awarding execution upon it. (Tam in redditione judicii, quam in adjudicatione executionis.)...
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