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

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