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Qui rationem in omnibus quarunt rationem subvertunt
Qui rationem in omnibus quarunt rationem subvertunt (2 Rep. 75a), They who search for reason in all things subvert reason.
Quo ligatur, Enquiry Officer dissolvitur
Quo ligatur, Enquiry Officer dissolvitur. 2 Rol. Rep. 21, (By the same mode by which a thing is bound, by that is it released.) Similarly, Quo
Quod ab initio non valet, in tractu temporis non convalescit
Quod ab initio non valet, in tractu temporis non convalescit (4 Rep. 2), that which is bad from the beginning does not improve by length of time.
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Quod contra legem fit, pro infecto habetur
Quod contra legem fit, pro infecto habetur (4 Rep. 31), what is done contrary to law is considered as not done.
Purview
statute as distinguished from the Preamble; the general scope and object of a statute, 2 Inst. 403; 12 Rep. 20.
Rasure, or Erasure
a deed by rasure, addition, or alteration becomes no deed, the defendant may plead non est factum, 5 Rep. 23, 119. A rasure or interlineation in a deed is presumed, in the absence of rebutting evidence, to
Reports, The
Reports, The. Coke's reports from 14 Eliz. to 13 Jac. 1, which are usually quoted as 'Rep.' They are
Quando aliquid mandatur, mandatur et omne per quod pervenitur ad illud
Quando aliquid mandatur, mandatur et omne per quod pervenitur ad illud. 5 Rep. 116, (When anything is commanded, everything by which it can be accomplished is also commanded.)
Picture
and N.W. Ry. Co., (1870) LR 5 Ex. 90]; and see CARRIER. A picture may be libellous (5 Rep. 125); consult Odgers on Libel.
Purchase, Words of
in such cases 'the heirs' are words of limitation of the estate and not words of purchase' (1 Rep. 104 a; Van Grutten v. Foxwell, 1897, AC 658). The rule has been abolished in regard to all
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