Meaning of quominus | Babel Free

Definitions

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.

attributive, historical, sometimes, uncountable

Examples

“a quominus clause”

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