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§>vaYantaiiiof 'the King, is a Truce of forty Days ap- pointed by S. Louis ; during which it was exprefsly forbid to take any Revenge of the Relation or Friends of People* who had fought, wounded, or affronted each other in words.
Quae ant ain is particularly ufed for the Term of forty through 'em. See Wheel,
As the Hole advances, and their common Ladder becomes too fhort, they apply a particular Ladder for the purpofe — When they have got through the Earth, and are arrived at the firltBank, or Stratum j they begin to apply their Wheel and Baskets to discharge the Stones as tail as tbev dig
Days, which Veffels, coming from Places fufpected of Con- tagion, are obliged towait in certain Places appointed, to air themfclves e'er they come into Port.
QuARANTAIN, QuARANTENE, CT QjJ ARENTEN A, !H
Law, is a Benefit allow'd by the Laws of England to the Widow of a Man dying feizedof Land 5 whereby /he may challenge to continue in his Capital MelTuage, or Chief Manfion-Hoiife (f6 it be not a Cattle) for the fpace of forty
Days after his deceafe If the Heir, or any other
Perfon attempt to eject her, fhe may have the Writ de §*iiar&ntina habenda ; which lies for a Widow to enjoy her Quarantine.
~ §>uarantene is alfo ufed for a quantity of Ground contain- ing torty Perches. §>uatuor Carucatas terra? arabilis,
cmtinentes in Longitudine 8 Quarentenas, %$ 8 Quarentenas in Latitudinc. Chart, Withlafii Reg. Merc, apud Ingulf.
Q_aranrena in London ponctur pro refpeBu habend. per 4.0 Dies poft- Summonitionem per breve Regis ut confu- lant, tsc. Jifibi viderint cxpedire. MS. de temp. Ed. 3.
QUARANTIA, in the Venetian Polity, a Court of Ju- dicature compofed of forty Judges.
The Venetians have an old Civil §>uarantia, nezv Civil J^ttarantia, and Criminal §>uarantia.
The Criminal £hiarantia takes Cognizance of all Crimes break it in breadth.
They ufually find feven of thefe different Strata, or Beds of Stones, of different Heights, and ferving for different Purpofes ; tho' the Number as well as Order wherein they follow is various. See Strata,
As to the draining of the Srone, 2. e. the freeing it from the Bed ; they find that common Stones, at leait the fofter kinds, as they lie, have two Grains 5 a cleaving Grain run- ning parallel with the Horizon, and a breaking Grain per- pendicular thereto After uncoping, then, i. e. clearing
the Earth from off" it, they obierve by the Grain where the Stone will cleave, and there drive inagood Number of Wedges till they have thus cleft it from the red of the Rock.
This done, they proceed to break it : In order to which, applying the Ruler to it at both ends, (ten, e.gr. or twelve Inches a-part, according to the Ufes the Stone is intended for J they ftrike a Line, and by this cut a little Channel with their Stone-Ax 3 and in the Channel fet five or fix Wedges (fuppofing the Srone three or four Foof) driving 'em in very carefully, with gentle blows, and frill keeping 'em equally forward.
Having thus broke 'em in length, (which they are able to do to half an Inch of any fize) applying a Square to the ftraight Side, they ftrike a Line, and proceed as before to
except thefe agamit the State ; which belongsto the Coun- cil of Ten The neiv Civil £>uarantia judges of Ap- peals made from Sentences pals'd by Judges out of the
Cit) The old Civil §>uarantia, takes Cognizance of
Appeals from Sentences ot lubaltern Judges in the City.
QUAKE e\ecit infra 'Termimim, a Writ which lies for a Leffee in Cafe he be calf out of his Farm before his Term be expir'd ; againft the Leffor or Feoffee that ejeils him. See Lease.
It differs from the Ejcffiione firm<£, in that the former lies where the Leffor, after thcLcafe made, enfeoffs another who ejects the Ltffee; whereas the E]eBione firing lies againft any other Stranger that ejects him. See Ejection.
The Eff-'ft. is the fame in both, viz- the Recovery of the Refidue of the Term. See Ejectione Firma.
Quare Impedit, a Writ which lies for him who has purctiafed an Advowfon, again!! him that diffurbs him in the Right thereof, by preftneing a Clerk thereto, when the Church is void. See Advowson.
lr differs from the Writ Affifa ultima prcefentationis, which lies where a Man or his Ancestors formerly prefented ;
this other lying for him who is the Purchafer himfelf ■
"Where a Man may have the Jlffifa, he may have this Writ 5 but Aor contrariwife. See AssisA.
Quare Incumbravit, a Writ which lies againft the BilKop, who, within fix Months after the Vacation of a Benefice, confers it on his Clerk, while two others are contending at Law for the Right of Prefenting. See Pre- sentation, &c
Quare 11011 admi 'fit ; a Writ which lies againft the Bifhop for refuting to admit his Clerk who has recover'd in a Plea of Advowfon.
Qviare non permittit, is a Writ that lies for one who has a Right to prelent for a turn againft the Proprietary.
Quare obftruxit, a Writ that lies for him who having Plight to pafs thro' his Neighbour's Grounds, cannot enjoy the fame by reafon the Owner has fenced it up.
QUAREL, Querela, in Law, properly relates to perlonal Actions, or at moft to mixed, wherein the Plain- tiff is call'd Querens, and in all Declarations ofTrefpafsit is faid, Queritur. . S;;e Action, Plaintiff, £5^.
Yet if a Man releafe all Quarels t or ®uerels fa Man's
This Method of drawing is found vaftly preferable to
that where the Stones are broken at random One Load
of the former is found to do the Bufinefs of a Load and a half of the latter.
But it may be obferv'd, that this cleaving Grain being generally wanting in the harder Stones 5 to break up thefe in the Quarries, they have great heavy Stone- Axes where- with they work down a deep Channel into the Stone, and into this Channel, a-top, lay two Iron Bars, driving their Iron Wedges between thefe Bars.
Some, in drawing of Stone, efpecially the very hard kind, make ufe of Gun-Powder, and with very good
effect In order to which, making a fmall Perforation
pretty deep into the Body of the Rock, fo as to have that thicknefs of Reck over it judg'd proper to be blown up at once ; at the further end of the Perforation they difpofc a convenient quantity of Gun- Powder, filling up all the reft with Stones and Rubbifh fbongly ramm'd in, except a little
Space for the Train By this means is the Rock blown
into feveral Pieces, moft of *em not too unwieldy for a Workman to manage. See Gun-Powder.
Quarry, Quarrel, in Glaziery, a Pane, or Piece of Glals cut in a Diamond Form. See Glass.
Quarries, or Quairels of Glafs are of two Kinds, viz. Square, and Long ; each whereof is of different Sizes, ex- prels'd by the dumber of 'em which makes a Foot of Glafs, viz. Sths, icths, nths, 151ns, i8ths, and aoths 5 but all the Sizes are cut to the fame Angles, the acute Angle being 77 19' in the Square Quarries, and 67° 22' in the long ones. See Glaziery.
The word Quarry feems form'd by Corruption from Quarrel, (which fee unlefs we'll fuppofe it to come im- mediately from the French quarre, fquare.
Quarry, in Falconry, is the Game or Fowl which the Hawk is in purfuit of, or has kill'd. See Hawk and Hawking.
Among Hunters, the Quarry is fometimes ufed for part of the Vifcera of the Beaft taken 5 given by way of Re- ward to the Hounds. See Hunting.
QUART, q. d. Fourth, in Mufic, Fencing, Gaming, &c. SeeFouRTH, Guard, Picq^uet, &c.
Quart, is particularly ufed for a diminutive Meafure,
own Deed being taken moft ftrongly againft himfelf) Que,- containing one fourth or a quarter of fome other Meafure!
rel includes all Actions; and accordingly all Actions, both Real and Perfonal, are hereby releafed. SccRelease.
QUARERA, or Qoaratia ; fee Quarry.
QUARREL, i n Law, feeQuAREL.
Quarrel of Glafs ; fee Quarry.
The Word is form'd by diminution from the Latin 'quadratum, or the French quarre, fquare 5 or, perhaps, immediately from the Italian quadrello, little fquare.
QUARRY, in our antient Writers call'd QuArera, Quadrata, Quaratia, a Place under Ground, outof which are dug Marble, Free-Srone, Slate, Lime-Stone, or other Matters proper for Building. See Stone.
See the feveral Kinds of Quarries, under the feveral Ar- ticles, Marble, Slate, f$c.
For Quarries of Free Stone, they firft open a Hole in manner of a Well, twelve or fourteen Foot in Diameter -, and the Rubbifh drawn out with a Windlafs in large Ofier Baskets, they heap up all around; placing their Wheel, which is to draw up the Stones, thereupon.
See Measure.
Thus the Englifi Quart is a fourth of a Gallon, or two Pints; the Roman §<uart, or gtuartarius, was the fourth part of a Congius. See Gallon, Pint, Conoius, &c.
The French, from whom we borrow the Word, befides their §>uart, or Tot of two Pints, have various other Quarts, diftinguifh'd by the whole whereof they are quar- ters ; as Quart de Muid, Quart de Soijfeau. See Muid and Bushel.
They have alfo their £%uart of a Yard, &c. See Quar- ter.
QUARTAN, iMedicine, an intermitting Fever, or
Ague,where the Fit eturns every third day. See Fever, £yc.
It is call'd Quartan, q.d. fourth, by reafon the two fick
days are reckon'd, which, with the two intermitting ones,
make four. See Tertian-
QU ARTATION, among Refiners, a Method of purify- ing Gold, by melting three parts of Silver with one of Gold 5 and then calling the Mixture into Jqtta fortis ;
which.
