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Quod permittat prosternere
a petition of right, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1263. Means this is a writ commanding the defendant to permit the plaintiff to abate, quod permittat prosternere, the nuisance complained of; and, unless he so permits,
Quarto die post
Quarto die post, means 'on the fourth day after'. The defendant's appearance day, being four days (inclusive) from the return of the writ, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p.
Public authority
that the Railtrack is not democratically accountable to central or local governments (v) that the appointment of the defendant's board of directors is not subject to government influence or control, (vi) that the defendant possessed no special
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Pr'munire
25 Edw. 3, st. 5, c. 22, and 16 Rich. 2, c. 5) that, from the conviction, the defendant be out of the Crown's protection, and his lands and goods are forfeited to the Crown. Until the
Proviso, Trial by
the plaintiff after issue joined did not proceed to trial when he ought to have done so, the defendant might, under the practice before the Judicature Acts, have the action tried by proviso; he might give the
Potior est conditio defendantis
Potior est conditio defendantis.-(The defendant has the better position.) Where both parties have been concerned in an illegal transaction, the Court will not
Plene administravit
or administrator that he has fully administered all the assets that have come to his hands. If the defendant simply pleads plene administravit without any other defence, the plaintiff may apply under Ord. XXXII., Rule 6, to
Quo minus
minus because in it the plaintiff suggested that he was the King' farmer or debtor, and that the defendant had done him the injury or damage complained of; quo minus sufficiens existit, by which he is less
Cognizance, or conusance
a fine; and in replevin it was, before the Judicature Acts the name for the pleading of a defendant who acted as bailiff, etc., to another in making a distress, by which he alleged the right or
Caveat viator
the accident has a contract involving care or even absolute assurance or warranty on the part of the defendant in regard to the soundness of the premises or otherwise, or whether the plaintiff was a visitor or
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