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Those who carried queeata about from door to door Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

L^ Lat. The plaintiff did not find a pledge. A return formerly made by a sheriff to a writ requiring him to […]

An lndulgence or remlsslon of penance, sold by the pope Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Lat in old Engllsh practice. A writ which lay where an inqnl-sltlon had been made by an escheator in any county of […]

A query; question; doubt This word, occurring in the syllabus of a re-ported case or elsewhere, shows that a ques-tion ia propounded […]

Lat which is the same, words used for alleging that the trespass or other fact mentioned in the plea is the same […]

Lat which [does or requires] nothing in vain, which requires nothing to be done, that is, to no purpose. 2 Kent, Comm. […]

Lat in Romau law. Informers who, lf their information were followed by conviction, had the fourth part of the confiscated goods for […]

Lat in the civU law. A pleading on the part of a defendant, corresponding to the rebutter at common law. The third […]

Divided into four parts. A term applied.in conveyancing to an indenture executed in four parts Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

A person who is descended from a white person and another person who has an §qual mixture of the European and African […]

Lat. In the civil law. The four-years course ot study re-qulred to be pursued by law-students before they were qualified to study […]

In Scotch law. The term of four years allowed to a minor, after his majority, in which he may by suit or […]

In old Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In old records. A stone-pit or quarry. Cowell Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Lat. In Roman law. The fourth part; the quarter of any number, measure, or quantity. Hence an heir to the fourth part […]

An angular measure of ninety degrees Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

offerings former-ly made, on Mid-Lent Sunday, to the mother church Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

The third volume of the year bodks of the reign of Edward III. So called because beginning with the fortieth year of […]

Lat. whichever way you take it Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Lat The fortieth. The first Sunday iu Lent is so called because it is about the fortieth day before Easter. Oowell Source: […]

N. An abbreviation of “quare exe-cutionem non," wherefore execution [should] not [be issued Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

A pretender to medical skill which he does not possess; one who practices as a physician or surgeon without adequate preparation or […]

B. D. An abbreviation of “Queen’s Bench Division.” Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

F. An abbreviation of “quare clausum fregit,” (q. v Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)