quominus

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. 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. attributive,historical,sometimes,uncountable
    — a quominus clause

词源

From Latin quōminus.
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