quominus
noun
quo·mi·nus
ˈkwōmənəs
1
: a writ under old English law for preventing waste of a wood by one having housebote and haybote therein
2
: a writ formerly used to found jurisdiction in the Exchequer Court alleging the plaintiff's diminished ability to pay his crown debts
Word History
Etymology
Latin, whereby the less, that not; from the clause in the writ alluding to the plaintiff's diminished ability to pay his crown debts