quominus

English

Etymology

Latin quōminus

Noun

quominus (uncountable)

(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

Alternative forms

quō minus

Etymology

From instrumental quō + minus.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkʷoː.mi.nus/, [ˈkʷoːmɪnʊs̠]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkwo.mi.nus/, [ˈkwɔːminus]

Conjunction

quōminus

that not

References

“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.

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