In old English law . Quit; acquitted; discharged. A word used by the clerk of the pipe, and auditors in the exchequer, in their acquittances or discharges given to accountants; […]

In old English law . Quitreut. Spelmau. See QUITRENT. Quilibet potest renunciare juri pro se introducto. Every oue may renounce or re- linquish a right introduced for his own benefit. […]

In French marine law. Keel; the keel of a vessel. Ord. Mar. liv. 3, tit. 6, art 8.

Frank Galton invented this in the 1890’s in the UK. A tool that is used to represent and to create a frequency distribution . It has boards and pegs through […]

In old English law . The Cinque Ports . Spelman.

Consisting of five parts; divided into five parts.

Fifteenths ; also the fifteenth day after a festival. 13 Edw. I. See Cowell.

A unit of metric measurement. It is the equivalent of one tenth of a tonne or one tenth of 100 kilograms. It is equal to 220 pounds.

A weight of one hundred pounds. Cowell.

A term used in the West Indies to designate a person one of whose parents was a white person and the other a quadroon. Also spelled “quintroon.” See Daniel v. […]

Just one of the four values or points in a group of five each being one fifth of the total. It will divide a range into five equal parts.

In old practice. Called or exacted the fifth time. A return made by the sheriff, after a defendant had been proclaimed, required, or exacted in five county courts successively, and […]

A quantity of paper. A measurement that is used to represent 24 sheets of paper traditionally. Now it is used to represent 25 sheets of paper.

In English law . A record in the exchequer, showiug the tenures for guarding and repairing Dover Castle, and determining the services of the Cinque Ports . 3 How. State […]

In Roman law. Ownership held by a title recognized by the municipal law , in an object also recognized by that law, and in the strict character of a Roman […]

him either to establish his claim or be forever after estopped from asserting it See Wright v. Mattison, 18 How. 56, 15 L. Ed 280.

To leave; remove from; surrender possession of; as when a tenant “quits” the premises or receives a “notice to quit.”

The release of a claim, title or interest. The claim to something is relinquished and set aside.

A document that allows the transfer of a claim, be it an interest, right or title that the maker of the document may have in a property. The person granting […]

A release or acquittance given to one man by another, in respect of any action that he has or might have against him. Also acquitting or giving up one’s claim […]

In conveyancing . To release or relinquish a claim; to execute a deed of quitclaim. See QUITCLAIM, n .

Certain established rents of the freeholders aud ancient copyholders of manors are denominated “quitrents,” because thereby the tenant goes quit aud free of all other services. 3 Cruise. Dig. 314.

An abbreviation of ” acquittance ;” a release, (q. v.)

Lat A Roman magistrate , whose ofiice It was to collect the public rev- enue. Varro de L. L. iv. 14.

Lat. With what intention or motive. Used sometimes as a substantive . in lieu of the single word “animus,” design or motive. “The quo animo is the real subject of […]