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quominus

quominus noun: a writ and legal fiction that (until the late 19th century) allowed the Court of Exchequer to obtain a jurisdiction over cases normally brought in the Court of Common Pleas, based on having the plaintiff in a debt case claim that he was a debtor to the king, and that the defendant's debt prevented him paying the king.

Noun

quominus (uncountable)

  1. (attributive, historical, sometimes) A writ and legal fiction that (until the late 19th century) allowed the Court of Exchequer to obtain a jurisdiction over cases normally brought in the Court of Common Pleas, based on having the plaintiff in a debt case claim that he was a debtor to the king, and that the defendant's debt prevented him paying the king.
    • a quominus clause

Origin of quominus

From Latin quōminus.

Questions about quominus

What does quominus mean?
Quominus means a writ and legal fiction that (until the late 19th century) allowed the Court of Exchequer to obtain a jurisdiction over cases normally brought in the Court of Common Pleas, based on having the plaintiff in a debt case claim that he was a debtor to the king, and that the defendant's debt prevented him paying the king.
What part of speech is quominus?
Quominus is a noun.

Words near quominus in the dictionary

  1. quoke
  2. quokka
  3. quokkas
  4. quoll
  5. quolls
  6. quominus
  7. quomodo
  8. quomodocunquizing
  9. quomodos
  10. Quon
  11. quondam

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