QUAKER

This, in England, is the statutory, as well as the popular, name of a member of a religious society, by themselves denominated "Friends." It

This, in England, is the statutory, as well as the popular, name of a member of a religious society, by themselves denominated “Friends.”

(1043) Quæ præter consuetudinem et moQUÆRENS NON INVENIT PLErem majorum fiunt, neque placent, GIUM. The plaintiff has not found pledge. neque recta videntur (4 Co.78): Things A return made by a sheriff upon certain writs which are done contrary to the custom and usage of our ancestors neither please nor appear right. Quæ propter necessitatem recepta sunt, non debent in argumentum trahi (D. 50, 17, 162): Things admitted on account of necessity should not be drawn in question. Quæ rerum natura prohibentur, nulla lege confirmata sunt (Finch 74): Things which are prohibited by the nature of things are confirmed by no law. directed to him with this clause: Si A. fecerit B. securum de clamore suo prosequendo, &c.-F. N. B. 38. Quærere dat sapere quæ sunt legitima vere (Litt. 2443): To inquire into is the way to know what things are truly lawful. Quæritur ut crescant tot magna volumina legis; in promptu causa est, crescit in orbe dolus (3 Co. 82): It is questioned how so many books of law increase; the reason is plain, deceit increases in the world. QUÆSTA.-An indulgence or remission Quæ sunt minoris culpæ sunt maof penance, sold by the pope. joris infamiae (Co. Litt. 6): Things which are of the smaller guilt are of the greater infamy. Quæcunque intra rationem legis inveniuntur, intra legem ipsam esse judicantur (2 Inst. 689): What things s0ever appear within the reason of a law, are to be considered within the law itself. Quælibet concessio domini regis capi debet stricte contra dominum regem, quando potest intelligi duabus viis (3 Leon. 243): Every grant of our lord the king ought to be taken strictly against our lord the king, when it can be understood in two ways. Quælibet concessio fortissime contra donatorem interpretanda est (Co. QUÆSTIO. - In the civil law, a commission to inquire into a criminal matter. Inquiry by the torture. QUÆSTIONARII. Those who carried quæsta about from door to door. QUÆSTIONES PERPETUÆ. - In Roman law, were commissions (or courts) of inquisition into crimes alleged to have been committed. They were called "perpetuce," to distinguish them from occasional inquisitions, and because they were permanent courts for the trial of offenders.-Brown. QUÆSTOR, or QUESTOR. -A Roman magistrate. QUÆSTUS.-That estate which a man Litt. 183): Every grant is to be most strongly has by acquisition or purchase, in contradistinetaken against the grantor. Quælibet jurisdictio cancellos suos habet (Jenk. Cent. 137): Every jurisdiction has its own bounds. Quælibet narratio super brevi locari debet in comitatu in quo breve emanavit: Every count upon the writ ought to be laid in the county in which the writ arose. Quælibet pardonatio debet capi secundum intentionem regis, et non ad deceptionem regis (3 Buls. 14): Every pardon ought to be taken according to the intention of the king, and not to the deception of the king. tion to hæreditas, which is what he has by descent. Glanv. 1, 7, c. 1. QUAKER.-The name of a member of a religious society, more correctly denominated Friend. The nature of their creed was for a long time misrepresented and unknown; but since they have laid it before the public, they have enjoyed from the various parties of the Christian church a high degree of consideration and respect. They were once called "seekers," and the term "quakers" arose out of the frequent exhortations to "tremble at the name of the Lord," given by this sect to their folQuælibet pæna corporalis, quamlowers. Indeed, a story is related that vis minima, major est qualibet pœna pecuniaria (3 Inst. 220): Every corporal Fox having given this command to a juspunishment, although the very least, is greater tice of the peace, was by him derided and than any pecuniary punishment. a QUÆRE.-Question; query. A word used in the reports to indicate that or question arising in the case is cided, and is deemed doubtful. point not deQUÆRENS. - A plaintiff'; the plaintiff. called a "quaker." It seems likely, however, since the term was in very general took its origin from the earnest use, that it and trembling voice and action of all the preachers of the sect. But there is another conjecture on the subject, which has obtained the support of Malone. This

One who quakes. One of a religious sect founded by George Fox, of Leicestershire, England, about 1650, -- the members of which call themselves Friends. They were called Quakers, originally, in derision. See Friend, n., 4. Fox's teaching was primarily a preaching of repentance . . . The trembling among the listening crowd caused or confirmed the name of Quakers given to the body; men and women sometimes fell down and lay struggling as if for life. Encyc. Brit. The nankeen bird. The sooty albatross. Any grasshopper or locust of the genus (Edipoda; -- so called from the quaking noise made during flight. Quaker buttons. (Bot.) See Nux vomica. -- Quaker gun, a dummy cannon made of wood or other material; -- so called because the sect of Friends, or Quakers, hold to the doctrine, of nonresistance. -- Quaker ladies (Bot.), a low American biennial plant (Houstonia cærulea), with pretty four-lobed corollas which are pale blue with a yellowish center; -- also called bluets, and little innocents.

A believer of the Quaker faith and a member of the Society of Friends, known for their pacifist views.

A player of any game in the Quake series of first-person shooters.

Alternative letter-case form of Quaker. | Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the genus Pithecops.