Wales glossary
Wales glossary
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Quarter SessionsCourts which tried less important cases than Courts of Great Sessions. Held every three months. | |
QuinzaineFifteen days after or before. | |
QuitclaimA disclaimer of all legal rights and interests. | |
QuorumOriginally, certain especially well-qualified justices of the peace whose presence was necessary at a meeting of the quarter sessions, etc. By the eighteenth century all justices were named of the quorum. | |