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‖ quia timet Law.|ˈkwiːə ˈtɪmɛt|
[L., lit. ‘because he fears’.]
An action brought to prevent a possible future injury. Also as attrib. or advb. phr.
1628E. Coke First Part of Institutes of Lawes of Eng. ii. vi. 100 There be 6. Writs in Law that may be maintained quia timet, before any molestation, distresse, or impleading. 1697Cases Argued & Decreed in High Court of Chancery 223 It was objected, that the Daughter is not of Age, and so this Bill is quia timet only;..and the Court would be vexed with vain Suits if any one might be admitted to sue only quia timet, to prevent a remote Possibility. But the Court answered, that Suits quia timet only were proper in Law and Equity. 1815H. Maddock Treat. on Princ. & Pract. High Court of Chancery I. ii. 178 The denomination of Bills Quia Timet was borrowed, probably, from the Title of some ancient Writs at the Common Law. 1860J. J. S. Wharton Law-Lexicon (ed. 2) 619/1 Quia Timet Bill, it is filed for the purpose of quieting a present apprehension of a probable or possible future injury to property. 1927P. G. Osborn Conc. Law Dict. 41 Bill Quia Timet, a proceeding in the old Court of Chancery for providing against an apprehended injury. Now replaced by the injunction. 1961Times 14 Feb. 5/1 Dismissing with costs their quia timet claim for an injunction. 1971[see lie v.1 12]. |