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QCD (Land Status Records)Ā ā Quitclaim deed.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā QS (Land Status Records)Ā ā Quicksilver.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā QUADRANGLE MAPĀ Ā Ā Ā Ā ā A map of a four sided figure bounded by parallels of latitude and meridians of longitude. See
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā STANDARD QUADRANGLE MAP* and MAP SERIES*.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā QUALIFIED (as a witness)Ā ā Persons who are accepted by the court as being professionally skilled and
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā knowledgeable in a particular field of study or science, as surveying. See WITNESS and EXPERT.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā QUANTITY GRANTĀ Ā Ā Ā ā A grant in connection with which the Congress specifies only the number of acres or the
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā general type of public lands which are granted and which the grantee will secure by making selections from
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā available public lands. See GRANT IN PLACE, INDEMNITY LANDS and PLACE LANDS.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā QUARTER-QUARTER SECTION CORNERĀ Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā ā See SIXTEENTH SECTION CORNER.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā QUARTER-SECTION CORNERĀ Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā ā A corner at an extremity of a boundary of a quarter section. Written as ļæ½ section
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā corner, not as one fourth section corner.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā QUARTER SECTIONĀ Ā Ā Ā ā One-fourth of a section, containing 160 acres more or less. See SECTION, QUARTER.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā QUASIĀ ā As if. Almost as if it were. Seen often in terms such asĀ āquasi-legalāĀ orĀ āquasi-judicial.ā
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā QUIET TITLEĀ Ā ā In the legal proceeding calledĀ āaction to quiet title,āĀ the wordĀ āquietāĀ means to pacify; to render
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā secure or unassailable by the removal of unsettling causes or disputes. Under this proceeding, the plaintiffās title to
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā land is established by bringing into court an adverse claimant and there compelling him either to establish his claim
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā or be forever estopped from asserting it. See ESTOPPEL.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā QUITCLAIM DEEDĀ Ā Ā Ā ā A deed in the nature of a release containing words of conveyance as well as release. It conveys
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā any interest the maker may have in the property described without any representations or liability of any kind as to
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā title conveyed or encumbrances that may exist thereon. A patent from the Government is a quitclaim deed.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Q.V.Ā ā An abbreviation ofĀ āquod vide,āĀ used to refer a reader to the word, chapter etc., the name of which it
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā immediately follows. Quod vide means which see.
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