The fourth part of any-thlng. especlally of a year. Also a length of four inches. In England, a measure of corn, generally reckoned at eight bushels, though subject to local variations. See Hospltal St. Cross v. Lord Howard De walden, 6 Term, 343. In Amerlcan land law, a quarter sec-tion of land. See infra. And see McCart-ney v. Dennison, 101 Cal. 252, 35 Pac 766
Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
