Quod jussu alterius solvitur pro eo est quasi ipsi solutu•t esset. That which is paid by the order of another is, so far as such person Is concerned, as if it had been paid to himself. Dig. 60. 17. 180.
Quod meum est, sine facto sive defectu meo amitti seu in alium transferri non potest. That which is mine cannot be lost or transferred to another with out mine own act or default. 8 Co. 92; Broom, Max. 465 ; 1 Prest. Abstr. 147, 318.
Quod meum est sine me auferri non potest. What is mine cannot be taken away without my consent. Jenk. Cent. 251. But see EMINENT DOMAIN.
Quod minus est in obiigationem videtur deduc tum. That which is the less is held to be imported into the contract (e., g. A offers to hire B's house at six hundred dollars, at the same time B offers to let it for five hundred dollars ; the contract is or five hundred dollars). 1 Story, Contr. 481.
Quod naturalis ratio inter omnes homines con stituit, vocatur jus pentium. That which natural reason has established among all men, is called the law of nations. Dig. 1. 1. 9 ; Inst. 1. 2. 1; 1 Bla. Com. 43.
Quod necessarie intelligitur id non deest. What is necessarily understood is not wanting. 1 Bulstr. 71.
Quod necessitas cogit, defendit. What necessity forces, it justifies. Hale, P. C. 54.
Quod non apparet non est, et non apparet judi cialiter ante judicium. What appears not does not exist, and nothing appears judicially before judg ment. 2 Inst. 479; Broom, Max. 164; Jenk. Cent. 207 ; arg. 65 Pa. 67.
Quod non capit Ch.ristus, capit fiscus. What the church does not take, the treasury takes. Year B. 19 Hen. VI. 1.
Quod non habet prinCipium non habet finem. What has no beginning has no end. Co. Litt. 345 ; Broom, Max. 180.
Quod non legitur, non creditur. What is not read is not believed. 4 Co. 304.
Quod non valet in principal, in accessorio seu consequenti non valebit; et quod non valet in magis propinquo, non valebit in magis remoto. What is not good as to things principal, will not be good as to accessories or consequences; and what is not of force as regards things near will not be of force as to things remote. 8 Co. 78.
Quod nullius ease potest, id ut alicujus fieret nulla obligatio valet efficere. No agreement can avail to make that the property of any one which cannot be acquired as property. Dig. 50. 17. 182. Quod nullius est, est domini regis. That which belongs to nobody belongs to our lord the king. Fleta iii. 12 ; Broom, Max. 354 ; Bacon, Abr. Pre rogative (B) ; 2 Bla. Com. 260.
Quod nullius est id ratione naturali occupanti conceditur. What belongs to no one, by natural reason belongs to the first• occupant. 2 Inst. 2. 1. 12 ; 1 Bouv. Inst. n. 491; Broom, Max. 353.
Quod nullum est, nullum producit effectum. That which is null produces no effect. Trayner, Max. 519. Quod ()nines tangit, ab omnibus debet supportari. That which concerns all ought to be supported by all. 3 How. St. Tr. 818, 1087.
Quod per me non possum, nec per alium. What I cannot do in person, I cannot do through the agency of another. 4 Co. 24 b; 11 id. 87 a.
Quod per recordum probatum, non debet esse ne gatum. What is proved by the record, ought not to be denied.
Quod populus postremum jussit, id jus ratum esto. What the people have last enacted, let that be the established law. 1 Bla. Com. 89; 12 Allen (Mass.) 434.
Quod principi placuit, legia habet vigarem; ut pote cum lege regia, quce de imperio ejus lata est,' populus ei et in eum omne suum imperium et potes tatem conferat. The will of the emperor has the force of law ; for, by the royal law which has been made concerning his authority, the people have conferred upon him all its sovereignty and power. Dig. 1. 4. 1; Inst. 1. 2. 1; Fleta, I. 1, c. 17, § 7 ; Brae. 107 ; Selden, Diss. ad Plet...c. 3, § 2.
Quod pries est versus est; et quod plus est tem pore potius est jure. What is first is truest ; and what comes first in time Is best in law. Co. Litt. 347.
Quod. pro minore licitum est, et pro majore licitune est. What is lawful in the less is lawful in the greater. 8 Co. 43.
Quod pure debetur prcesenti die debetur. That which is due unconditionally is due now. Trayner, Max. 519.