quominus

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English

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Etymology

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From Latin quōminus.

Noun

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quominus (uncountable)

  1. (law, historical, sometimes attributive) 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.
    a quominus clause

Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From instrumental quō + minus.

Pronunciation

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Conjunction

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quōminus

  1. that not

References

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  • quominus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • quominus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.