QUO (543) QUO
c ( a Corner, to make a Court, or Yard, gc the Piece QUORUM, a Term frequently mention'd in our Sra
iscAi'd zQllirk. tutcs, and often ufcd in Commiffions, both of Peace ind
QUIS, in Natural Hiliory, a kindof Marcafite of Cop- others. See Commission, Peace S£c. '
per, hom wh.ch the Roman Vitriol is drawn. See Mar- It is thus call'd from the Words in the' Commiffion &tm
casite and Vitriol, rum A. B. umim effe volumus. " '°v?
U is *UojM'd Pyrites. See Pyrites^. _ _ _ For an Example Where a Commiffion is dii
- rfons, -
efled
QUI I Claim, Quieta clamantia, a Releafeor Acquit- tofeven Perlons, or to any three of them wher "f a"fT
ting of a Man ot any Atlion, that he hath or may have on and C D. to be two ; there A. B. and C. D. are f '°1 h'
Some certain occalion ; or a quitting one's Claim or Title, of the Quorum, becaufe the reft cannot proceed'wi'h i£f
See Claim. them. mout
QUIT-Rent, q. d. Quiet-Rent, a certain fmall Rent, So a Juftice of the Peace and Quorum, is one without
payable yearly, by the Tenants of molt Manors in token whom the reft of the Juftices in fome Cafes cannot' proceed
of Subjection ; upon the Payment whereof they are quit or SeeJusncE. free till it becomesdue again. See Manor, tic. QUOTATION, in Literature, a Citation ; or a Paffaee
In fome antient Records it is written White-Rent ; be- rehearfcd expreily in one Author from another. See C
caufe paid in Silver, to diftinguifh it from Rent-Corn, Rent- tation.
Pepper, tic. See Rent.
QUITTER-Bone, among Farriers, a hard, round Swel- ling, upon the Coronet of a Horfe's Foot ; or between the Heel and the Quarter. Sec Hoof.
Or it is an Impofthume breeding between the Hoof and Coffin-bone, on the upper Part ; and fhewing itfelf by a Swelling on the Coronet.
Sometimes it is occaiion'd by a Gravel under the Shoe, or by a Bruife, Stab, Prick of a Nail ; or from peccant Hu- mours defcending to that Place; or a Blow, Strain, or Over-reach, tic.
Quotations are ufed to be diftinguifh'd by inverted Comma's, thus; « Half, an Age ago Quotations were won-
" dertully common; and Ovid and Catullus came every " day with the Pandects to the affiftance of the Widow and
" the Orphan." La Sruyere.
^ The Quotations from the Old Teftament, found in the New, have occaiion'd infinite Doubt, Difpute, and Criti-
cifm ■ — The A pottles are frequently referring to the Old
Teliamenr, and quoting Paffages and Prophecies thence as fulfill'd in our Saviour; yet thefe PatTiges, thus quoted
are frequently cither not found in the Old Teliamenr, ut
It occafions the Horfe to halt much, and the Swelling are not urged in the New according to the literal and ob-
grows vifible, and comes to a head in four or five days, and vious Senfe they feem to bear in the Old. breaks out with Matter at a little deep Hole, like a Fiftula. A late ingenious Author, in an EtTay upon the Truth of
QUOD Clerici non eligantur in Officio SaUvi, &c. is a the Chriftian Religion, frankly owns, that the Evangelifts Writ that lies for a Clerk, who by reafon of fome Land he fometimes apply to the Mefliali Paffages of the Old Tefta- hath, is made, or like to be made, a Bailiff, Beadle, or ment, which, as they lie in our prefent Copies, plainly re- Reeve, or fuch-like Officer. See Clerico infra facros, late to fome other Peribn, or Thing.— This ise'vident, e "r. tic. inthePaffage, Mattb.ii. tj. Outof%%yfthitmlcaWdmy
Quod non permit tat. SeeCoNsuETuDiNiBus tS Ser- Son; which are quoted from Hofea xi. where it is plainly
vitiis. _ underfloodof the coming of chclfraelites out of Egypt. See
Quod ferfona nee frebendarii, tic. a Writ that lies for Prophecy. Spiritual Perfons, when diffrained in their Spiritual Foffef- This proves a heavy Obftacle in the way of Chriftianity
Sons, for the Payment of a Fifteenth, with the reft of the which the Divines, Commentators, Critics, tie, have lon»
Pariifi. See Quinzieme. labour'd to remove, tho' by very different means.
QUODLIBETICAL Queftion, or Qiueftio Quodlibe- Some have recourfe to a double Completion; and ima- Tica, a College Term for a Thefis, or Problem, antiently gine, that tho' the Prophecies were primarily accomplifVd propofed to be debated in the Schools out of Curiofity and in other Events, yet they might have a fecondary one in the Entertainment, rather than for the fettling of any ufeful Meffiah : Bur others fet afide a double Completion, ex- Point. . cept where the Prophet himfelf declares as much, as making
The Term is form'd from the Latin Quodlibet, any thing, all Prophecy ufelefs. what you pleafe ; and fo well fatisfy'd were the Public with The generality chufe therefore to have recourfe to an
the Impertinences of thefe Queftions, that the Term Quod- Allegorical, ot Typical, or Spiritual Meaning in the Pro-
liht has been fince retained to fignify any little, ridiculous phecies, t$c. and fuppofe 'em to have been thus underftood
Quibble. among the antient yews, thus fulfill'd in our Saviour, and
QUO Jure, a Writ that lies for him who has Land, thus apply'd by the Apofilcs. See Type. wherein another challenged Common of Pafture time out In effecr, the jfewife Rabbins, 'tis allow'd, took a world
of mind. of liberty in quoting and interpreting Scripture; and 'tis
The defign hereof is to compel the Party to iTiew by what fuppofed the Apoftles might follow thofe- Roles in their
Right or Title he challengeth it. Quotations. SeeRABEiN.
Quo Minus, a W rit that lies for him who has a Grant Accordingly M. Surenhlljius , Hebrew Profctfor at Jmfter-
of Houfe-bote in another Man's Wood, againft the Grantor dam, has endeatvdur'cl to retrieve thole Rules, long fince
making fuch Wafte, as that the Grantee cannot enjoy his loft, in an exprefs Treatife on this Subject, publiihcd 111
Grant, See HousE-Jore. , J7<3-
The Writ Quo minus alfo lies for the King's Farmer in ^ This Author obferves a great deal of difference imply'd
the Exchequer, againft him to whom he felleth any thing in the different Forms of Quotings ufed by the Sacred Wri-
bywayof Bargain, touching his Farm ; or againft whom tings: As, It has been fai d ; It is written ; That it might
he hath any Caufe of perfonal Action. For by the be fulfill'd which was ffoken by the -Prof bets ; The Scripture
Vendee's detaining any Due from him, the Farmer is made fays ; See what is faid ; The Scripture forefieing; Is it
lefs able to pay the King's Rent. _ not written, ike.' He adds, that the Books of the
Under this Pretence, any one who pays the King a Fee- Old Teftament having been difpofed in a different Order i'armRent, may have this Writ againft any other for Debt at different Times, and having had different Names ; 'tis
thence that a Book or Writer is fometimes confounded with another.
For the Rules of Quoting and Interpreting praflifed
Farm Kent, may
ot Damage, and bring the Caufe to trial in the Excheqi
See Exchequer.
QyoWARRANTO.aWrit that lies againft him who ufurps any Franchise, or Liberty againft the King ; as to have Waife, Straw, Fair, Market, Court Baron, Leet, or fuch like, without good Title,
among the Rabbins, he gives usten ; recover'd with much Study from the Thalmud and the antient Jeimfb Doctors: Inilances whereof he gives us in the Writings of the Apoiiles ;
It alfo lies againft him that intrudeth himfelf as Heir and by thofe Rules he endeavours to explain and jutlify all into Land. See Intrusion. the Quotations made from the Old Teftament in the
QUOIN, or Coin, a-board a Ship, is a Wedgefaften'd New,
on the Deck, clofe to the Breech of the Carriage of a Gun, to keep it firm up to the Ship's Side.
The Word is form'd from the Latin Cuneus, Wedge. See Wedge.
QJJOIMS, in Architecture, the Corners of Walls. See Wall.
The Word is particularly ufed for the Stones in the Cor- ners of Brick-Buildings When thefe ftand out beyond
the Brick-work (their Edges being chamfer'd off) they are call'd Rulic Quoins. See Rustic Work.
CiiJj/rc Quoins are ftiort, three-legged Quoins, put-be- tween Casks to keep 'em fteady.
QUOITS, a Kind of Exercife or Game, known among the Antients under the Name of Xifcits. See Discus ; fee alfo Exerciss and Game.
The Rules are, 1. Reading the Words not according to the Points piaced under them, but according to others fub- {Mtuted in their ftead; as is done by St. Peter, dels xxxiii. by Stephen, Milsi'd. 43. and by Paul, iCor.av. 54. z Cor. viii. 15. tie.
The fecund is by changing fbe Letters ; as is done by 'Paul, P.om.ix. 53. t Cor. xi. 0. Heb. viii. j. and x. j. and by Siefhen, Mtls vii. 43.
The third is bv changing both Letters and Points, as is
done by Paid, jtls xiii. 41. and 1 Cor. viii. 15 The
fourth is adding fome Letters, and taking away others.
The fifth, tranfpofing Words and Letters. The fixth
is dividing one Word into two. The feventh, adding
other Words to mike rhe Senle more clear. The eighth,
changing the Order of the Words. The ninth, changing
the
