quominus

English

Etymology

Latin quōminus

Noun

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

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

1. 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.