Que

Concept of “Que”

Traditional meaning of que in the French law history (with some legal use in England and the United States in the XIX Century) [1]: (in French) That; who; which; than. Que est le mesme: Quoe est eadem (see this last concept in this legal reference), Que estate (which estate): the estate ot whom; a term used in prescribing for easements enjoyed by former owners of the land, whose estate the person averring title now has; see 2nd Book (“The Rights of Things”), Blackstone’s Commentaries on the Laws of England 270.

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Notes and References

1. Based on A Concise Law Dictionary of Words, Phrases and Maxims, “Que”, Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1911, United States. It is also called the Stimson’s Law dictionary. This term and/or definition may be absolete.

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