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qui tam

US/kwiː ˈtæm/

qui tam noun: a writ whereby a private individual who assists a prosecution can receive all or part of any penalty imposed.

Noun

qui tam (uncountable)

  1. A writ whereby a private individual who assists a prosecution can receive all or part of any penalty imposed.
  2. An action in which a private party sues on behalf of the state.

Adjective

qui tam (not comparable)

  1. Relating to or constituting a qui tam.

qui tam meaning in Bengali

qui tam in Bengali

কুই ট্যাম সম্পর্কিত, গঠনকারী

Origin of qui tam

Latin qui tam pro domino rege quam pro se ipso in hac parte sequitur, "[he] who sues in this matter for the king as [well as] for himself".

Questions about qui tam

What does qui tam mean?
Qui tam means a writ whereby a private individual who assists a prosecution can receive all or part of any penalty imposed.
What is qui tam in Bengali?
Qui tam in Bengali is কুই ট্যাম সম্পর্কিত, গঠনকারী. See Qui tam meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is qui tam?
Qui tam can be a noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce qui tam?
Qui tam is pronounced /kwiː ˈtæm/ (US).

Words near qui tam in the dictionary

  1. quhich
  2. Quhistan
  3. quho
  4. quhom
  5. quhow
  6. qui tam
  7. qui tams
  8. qui vive
  9. qui-hi
  10. qui-his
  11. Qui-Hye

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Adapted from Wiktionary: qui tam (page history and authors); qui tam (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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