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The challenge of a French sentinel or patrol used like the English challenge ldquoWho comes thererdquo...
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] ...
Ei incumbit probatio, qui dicit, non qui negat: cum per rerum naturam factum negantis probatio nulla sit
Ei incumbit probatio, qui dicit, non qui negat: cum per rerum naturam factum negantis probatio nulla sit.-(The proof lies upon him who affirms, not upon him who denies; since, by the nature of things, he who denies a fact cannot produce any proof.) See BURDEN OF PROOF....
Qui facit per alium facit per se
Qui facit per alium facit per se. Co. Litt. 258, (He who acts through another, acts through himself.) See AGENT.The resolution of the Standing Committee is referred to in the notice itself. To all intents and purposes then the notice which the Chief Officer signed is a notice issued by the Standing Committee in accordance with the maxim qui facit per alium facit per se. Emperor v. Heptulla Alibhai, AIR 1930 Bom 352.The maxim the law of agency is not a doctrine of criminal law, but of civil law, Maung New v. Maung Po Hla, AIR 1937 Rang 117.The rule as to agency is expressed in the maxim qui facit per alium, facit per se, Motilal Channoolal Vaish v. Golden Tobacco Co., AIR 1957 MP 223. (Contract Act, 1875, s. 182)...
qui tam action
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
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....
Si quis
Si quis [Lat.] (if any one), in ecclesiastical law, a notification published in the parish church of the parish where a candidate for Holy Orders resides, that 'if any one' (si quis) knows of any just cause for which he ought not to be admitted to Holy Orders, he is to declare the same or signify the same to the Bishop....
Ad terminum qui preterit
Ad terminum qui preterit, a writ of entry, which lay for a lessor or his heirs, where a lease of premises had been made for life or years, and after the term had expired the premises were withheld from the lessor or his heirs, by the tenant or other person in possession of them; but see now the titles, DOUBLE RENT and DOUBLE VALUE....
Arrestando ipsum qui pecuniam recepit
Arrestando ipsum qui pecuniam recepit, a writ which issued for apprehending a person who had taken the king's prest money to serve in the wars, and then hid himself in order to avoid going, Ibid. 24....
Conditio dicitur cum quid in casum incertum qui potest tendere ad esse aut non esse confertur
Conditio dicitur cum quid in casum incertum qui potest tendere ad esse aut non esse confertur. Co. Litt. 201.-(It is called a condition when something is given on an uncertain event which may or may not come into existence.)...
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