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audita querela

audita querela noun: a writ which lies for a party against whom judgment is recovered, but to whom good matter of discharge has subsequently accrued which could not have been availed of to prevent such judgment.

Noun

audita querela (plural audita querelas)

  1. A writ which lies for a party against whom judgment is recovered, but to whom good matter of discharge has subsequently accrued which could not have been availed of to prevent such judgment.
    • if an Infant bind himself in a Statute Merchant or Staple, he shall have an Audita Querela during his Nonage, to avoid that Statute, and afterwards he shall have an Audita Querela after his full age, to avoid that Statute upon that MAtter in Fact1730, Anthony Fitzherbert, The New Natura Brevium

Forms of audita querela

pluralaudita querelas

Origin of audita querela

Latin audita querela (“the complaint having been heard”).

Questions about audita querela

What does audita querela mean?
Audita querela means a writ which lies for a party against whom judgment is recovered, but to whom good matter of discharge has subsequently accrued which could not have been availed of to prevent such judgment.
What part of speech is audita querela?
Audita querela is a noun.
What is the plural of audita querela?
The plural of audita querela is audita querelas.

Words near audita querela in the dictionary

  1. audit ales
  2. audit house
  3. audit room
  4. audit trail
  5. audit trails
  6. audita querela
  7. audita querelas
  8. auditability
  9. auditable
  10. audited
  11. auditee

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