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quash
quash 1 Q0020700 (kwŏsh)tr.v. quashed, quash·ing, quash·es To annul or put an end to (a court order, indictment, or court proceedings).
[Middle English quassen, from Anglo-Norman casser, quasser, from Medieval Latin quassāre, alteration (influenced by quassāre, to crush, shatter) of cassāre, from Latin cassus, empty, void; see kes- in Indo-European roots.]
quash 2 Q0020700 (kwŏsh)tr.v. quashed, quash·ing, quash·es 1. To put down or suppress forcibly and completely: quash a rebellion.2. To put an end to or destroy: quash a rumor; quash hopes of an agreement.
[Middle English quashen, from Old French quasser, from Medieval Latin quassāre, to shatter, from Latin; see squash2.]quash (kwɒʃ) vb (tr) 1. to subdue forcefully and completely; put down; suppress2. to annul or make void (a law, decision, etc)3. (Law) to reject (an indictment, writ, etc) as invalid[C14: from Old French quasser, from Latin quassāre to shake]quash (kwɒʃ)
v.t. 1. to put down or suppress completely; quell; subdue: to quash a rebellion. 2. to make void, annul, or set aside (a law, indictment, decision, etc.). [1300–50; Middle English: to smash; overcome < Old French quasser, in part < Latin quassāre to shake (frequentative of quatere to shake)] quash - From Latin quatere, "shake," it generally means "reject as invalid, especially by legal procedure," or "put an end to; suppress."See also related terms for reject.quash
Past participle: quashed
Gerund: quashing
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| I quash | | you quash | | he/she/it quashes | | we quash | | you quash | | they quash |
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| I quashed | | you quashed | | he/she/it quashed | | we quashed | | you quashed | | they quashed |
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| I am quashing | | you are quashing | | he/she/it is quashing | | we are quashing | | you are quashing | | they are quashing |
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| I have quashed | | you have quashed | | he/she/it has quashed | | we have quashed | | you have quashed | | they have quashed |
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| I was quashing | | you were quashing | | he/she/it was quashing | | we were quashing | | you were quashing | | they were quashing |
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| I had quashed | | you had quashed | | he/she/it had quashed | | we had quashed | | you had quashed | | they had quashed |
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| I will quash | | you will quash | | he/she/it will quash | | we will quash | | you will quash | | they will quash |
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| I will have quashed | | you will have quashed | | he/she/it will have quashed | | we will have quashed | | you will have quashed | | they will have quashed |
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| I will be quashing | | you will be quashing | | he/she/it will be quashing | | we will be quashing | | you will be quashing | | they will be quashing |
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| I have been quashing | | you have been quashing | | he/she/it has been quashing | | we have been quashing | | you have been quashing | | they have been quashing |
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| I will have been quashing | | you will have been quashing | | he/she/it will have been quashing | | we will have been quashing | | you will have been quashing | | they will have been quashing |
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| I had been quashing | | you had been quashing | | he/she/it had been quashing | | we had been quashing | | you had been quashing | | they had been quashing |
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| I would quash | | you would quash | | he/she/it would quash | | we would quash | | you would quash | | they would quash |
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| I would have quashed | | you would have quashed | | he/she/it would have quashed | | we would have quashed | | you would have quashed | | they would have quashed |
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | quash - put down by force or intimidation; "The government quashes any attempt of an uprising"; "China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently"; "The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land"repress, subdue, subjugate, keep down, reducecrush, oppress, suppress - come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority; "The government oppresses political activists" | | 2. | quash - declare invalid; "The contract was annulled"; "void a plea"annul, invalidate, nullify, void, avoidstrike down, cancel - declare null and void; make ineffective; "Cancel the election results"; "strike down a law"break - invalidate by judicial action; "The will was broken"stet - printing: cancel, as of a correction or deletion |
quashverb1. annul, overturn, reverse, cancel, overthrow, set aside, void, revoke, overrule, rescind, invalidate, nullify, declare null and void The Appeal Court has quashed the convictions.2. put an end to, stamp out, put a stop to, end, check, nip in the bud He attempted to quash the rumours.3. suppress, crush, put down, beat, destroy, overthrow, squash, subdue, repress, quell, extinguish, quench, extirpate an attempt to quash regional violencequashverbTo bring to an end forcibly as if by imposing a heavy weight:choke off, crush, extinguish, put down, quell, quench, squash, squelch, suppress.Idiom: put the lid on.Translationsdémolirdétruireravagertorpillercassare
quash
quash verb To annul, suppress.quash
QuashTo overthrow; to annul; to make void or declare invalid; e.g., "quash a subpoena." Unreasonable, obviously irregular, or oppressive subpoenas, injunctions, indictments, and orders can be quashed by a court. For example, if jurors have been selected improperly, the court can quash the proceedings. In criminal cases, if an indictment is defective to such a degree that no judgment could be made if the defendant were to be convicted, the court typically will quash the indictment. In criminal cases, a motion made by the prosecution to quash an indictment is much more likely to succeed than one made by the defense, whose motion would appear self-serving. quashv. to annul or set aside. In law, a motion to quash asks the judge for an order setting aside or nullifying an action, such as "quashing" service of a summons when the wrong person was served. TO QUASH, practice. To overthrow or annul.
2. When proceedings are clearly irregular and void the courts will quash them, both in civil and criminal cases: for example, when the array is clearly irregular, as if the jurors have been selected by persons not authorized by law, it will be quashed. 3 Bouv. Inst. n. 3342.
3. In criminal cases, when an indictment is so defective that no judgment can be given upon it, should the defendant be convicted, the court, upon application, will in general quash it; as if it have no jurisdiction of the offence charged, or when the matter charged is not indictable. 1 Burr. 516, 548; Andr. 226. When the application to quash is made on the part of the defendant, the court generally refuses to quash the indictment when it appears some enormous crime has been committed. Com. Dig. Indictment, H; Wils. 325; 1 Salk. 372; 3 T. R. 621; 6 Mod. 42; 3 Burr. 1841; 5 Mod. 13; Bac. Abr. Indictment, K. When the application is made on the part of the prosecution, the indictment will be quashed whenever it is defective so that the defendant cannot be convicted, and the prosecution appears to be bona fide. If the prosecution be instituted by the attorney general, he may, in some states, enter a nolle prosequi, which has the same effect. 1 Dougl. 239, 240. The application should be made before plea pleaded; Leach, 11; 4 St. Tr. 232; 1 Hale, 35; Fost. 231; and before the defendant's recognizance has been forfeited. 1 Salk. 380. Vide Cassetur Breve. quash
quashTo annul, vacate, void, abate, dispel, or overthrow. One quashes an indictment,a rebellion,or fears that a zoning variance will ruin the neighborhood. Use of the word “squash”instead of “quash” is inappropriate. QUASH
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Synonyms for quashverb annulSynonyms- annul
- overturn
- reverse
- cancel
- overthrow
- set aside
- void
- revoke
- overrule
- rescind
- invalidate
- nullify
- declare null and void
verb put an end toSynonyms- put an end to
- stamp out
- put a stop to
- end
- check
- nip in the bud
verb suppressSynonyms- suppress
- crush
- put down
- beat
- destroy
- overthrow
- squash
- subdue
- repress
- quell
- extinguish
- quench
- extirpate
Synonyms for quashverb to bring to an end forcibly as if by imposing a heavy weightSynonyms- choke off
- crush
- extinguish
- put down
- quell
- quench
- squash
- squelch
- suppress
Synonyms for quashverb put down by force or intimidationSynonyms- repress
- subdue
- subjugate
- keep down
- reduce
Related Wordsverb declare invalidSynonyms- annul
- invalidate
- nullify
- void
- avoid
Related Words- strike down
- cancel
- break
- stet
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