quominus (English, noun)
expansion: quominus (uncountable)
Senses:
topics: law
glosses: 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.
tags: attributive
historical
sometimes
uncountable
Forms: