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quominus

noun
quo·​mi·​nus | \ ˈkwōmənəs\

Definition of quominus

1 : a writ under old English law for preventing waste of a wood by one having housebote and haybote therein
2 : a writ formerly used to found jurisdiction in the Exchequer Court alleging the plaintiff's diminished ability to pay his crown debts

History and Etymology for quominus

Latin, whereby the less, that not; from the clause in the writ alluding to the plaintiff's diminished ability to pay his crown debts

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