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Parts. Walfmghdm in Ric.z. AuditnmiSConfeJfnmtur- pifftma fcelera traBationi, Sufpendio, 'iecollationi, E\en-' terationi £S> Quarterizationi adjudicavit.
QUARTERLY, in Heraldry, a Pcrfon is faid to bear Quarterly, when he bears Arms quarter'd. See Quar-
tering.
Quarter Wheeling, or Quarter of Converfion, in the Military An, is a Motion whereby the From of a Body of Men is turn'd round to where the Flank was ; thus making a quarter of a Circle. See Conversion, Whee- ling, gJc. .
If it be done to the Right, the Man in the right Angle keeps his Ground, and faces about, while the reft wheel ; if to the Left, the left. hand Man keeps his Place, Be. See Evolution. . .
Quarters, in a Clock, are little Bells which lound the Quarters of nn Hour. See Clock, Hour, Be.
Quarters, in Building, thofe flight upright Timber, placed between the Punchions and Polls lath upon. , , ,, rn, r 1
They are of two kinds, fwgle and double— -The fwgle garters are fawn to two Inches thick and tour Inches broad ; the double four Inches fquare.
QUARTER1DGE, Money paid quarterly, or by the
Quarter. , „,.
QUARTERING, in ihe Sea-Language WhenaShip
under fail goes at large, neither by a Wind nor before a Wind, but' as it were betwixt both ; fhe is faid to go <guar- tering. See Sailing.
The Term is alfo ufed when a Ship fails with quarter Winds. See Quarter Wind.
Quartering, in Gunnery, is when a Piece or Urd- nance is fo travelled, thut it will flioot on the fame Line, or on the fame Point of the Compafs as the Ship's Quarter bear.*.
Quartering, in Heraldry, the dividing a Coat into four "or more Quarters, or Quarterings ; by parting and coupins- See Quarter and Quarterings.
The^King of Great Britain quarters with Great Britain, France, Ireland, Brunfixick, &c. See Quarterly.
Counter QUARTERING aCoat, is when the Quarters are quarter'd over again, or fubdivided each into four.
There are Counter-quarter 'd Costs which have twenty or twenty-five Quarters.
Quarterings, call'd alfo Partitions and Comparti- rr.ents are the feveral Coats born on an Efcutcheon ; or the feveral Divifions made in it, when the Arms of feveral
Families are to be placed on the fame Shield, on account of fi£ „ craw f had proceeded to Excommunication, but that Intermarriages, or the like. See Escutcheon, Shi eld, roiycrates, naapro ceo "cu^^ ,l,.Jr.~„,
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Colombiere reckons twelve forts of Quarterings ; but other Authors give us more. viz. Party per Pale, di- viding the Efcutcheon from top to bottom. See Pale.— Party per Crofs, dividing irf om fide to fide. See Cross. — Party of fix Pieces, when the Efcutcheon is divided
' into fix Parts or Quarters Party of ten ; of twelve ;
of fixteen ; of twenty ; and of thirty-two, when there are
fo many Partitions respectively.
Others give the Divifions in another manner : As Party per Crofs— per Pale— per Chief— per Pale Inclave— per Bend dcxtej— per Bend finifter— per Chevron— Barry Bendy of eight Pieces— Paleways of fix Pieces— Barry of fix Pieces — Barry of eight Pieces — Bendy of fix— Cheeky — Fufilly, or Lozengy— Paly Bendy, or Bendy Lozengy — Barry Bendy Lozengy, or Bend Lozengy — Gyronny — Barry Lozengy counterchanged — Waved of fix Pieces- Barry Nebule of fix Pieces— Party per Saltier— Party per Pale in Point. See further under the refpeBive Articles.
Colombiere obferves, that thirty two is ihe greater! Num- ber ufed in France, but that the Englijb and Germans fometimes extend to forty ; as a Teftimony of the Truth whereof, he fays, he faw the Efcutcheon of the Earl of Zeicejler, Embaffador Extraordinary in France in the Year 1639, divided into the Number of forty ; and fome, he affirms, do go on ro fixty-four feveral Coats.
Bur a Multitude of Quarters makes a Confufion ; and accordingly all the Writers of Armoury cry out againft it
as an Abufe The firft lnftance of Quartering whereof
we have any Account, is faid to be in the Arms of Renate King of Sicily, &c. in the Yeari4-35, who quarter'd the Arms of Sicily, Arragon, Jerufalem, &c.
William Wichlcy obferves, that fuch Quarterings are much properer for a Pedigree to be lock'd up in a Cheft, and occafionally produced as an Evidence for the clearing or afcertaining of Alliances of Families, or Titles to Lands, ££?c. than to be borne as a Cognizance.
In Blazoning, when the Quartering is perform'd per Crofs, the two' Quarters a-top are number'd the firft and fecond ; and thofe at bottom the third and fourrh 5 begin- ning to tell on the right fide When the Quartering is
by a Saltier &c. the Chief and Point are the firft and fecond Quarters, the right fide the third, the left the fourth.
Quartering isfometimesalfoufedforthediftinguifhing of younger Brothers from Elder, See Difference.
QUARTERIZATION, Quartering, part of the Punifhment ofaTraytor, by dividing his Body into four
The King of Great Britain bears Quarterly of four ; in the firft quarter. Gules, SSc. Great Britain: In the fe- cond, Azure, Sic. Ireland, &c.
QUARTERN, or Quarteron, a Diminutive of
Quart ; fignifying a quarter of a Pint ; as a Quart does a
Pieces of quarter of a Gallon. See Quart.
ufed to QUARTILE, an Afped of the Planets when they are
three Signs, or 90 Degrees diflant from each other. See
Aspect.
The guartile Afpeft is mark'd thus, Q. See Cha- racter.
QUARTO, or 4'», a Book, whereof four Leaves, or eight Pages, makeaSheet. See Volume, Book-S;^-
ing, &c. „, .
QUARTO Xlecimans, Quarto Deciimm, an antient Sect in the Church, who maintain'd that Eafter was always to be celebrated conformably to the Cuftom of the Jews, on the 14th day of the Moon in the Month of March, whenfoever that Day fell out. See Easter.
And hence their Name Quarto decimam, q. d. Four- teenthers. See Passover. ..'_..
The Afiatics were mightily attach d to this Opinion, pre- tending it was built on the Authotity of St. John, who was their Apoftle ; and Pope Viiior could never bring 'em to Obedience in this Poini, tho' he was upon the point of Ex- communicating them Some are of opinion he aaually
did Excommunicate them, but it is more probable he con- tented himfelf with Menaces.
•Polycrates, Bifhop of Ephefus, wrote a long and warm Letter, in the Name of all the Eifhops of Apt, \oVlBor and the Church of Rome, wherein he explain'd at large the Ufage of thofe Churches with regard ro the Celebration of Ealter ; and maintain'd, that herein they only fclkw'd a conftant Tradition that had obtam'd immutably among 'em from the Time of the Apoftle St. John, who died al Ephe- -But the Pope not futisty'd with this Anfwcr of .„.«, had proceeded to Excommunication, bur that fome of the moft eminent Bifhops, among the reft Irenms, interpofed, and diffuaded him from difturbing the Peace of the Church by excommunicating a People for adhering to what they accounted a Tradition.
QUASHING, in Law, the overthrowing and annulling
athing. See Annulling. An Array return'd by one
that has no Franchife, fhall be Quafh'd. Coke on Ltttl.
QUASI Contrail, in the Civil-Law, an Act which has not the Ariel Form of a Conttacr, but yet has the force thereof. See Contract. . .
In a Contract there muft be the mutual Confcnt ot both Parties ; whereas in a Quafl ContraB, one Party may be bound or obligated to the other without having given his Confent to the Act whereby he is obliged.
For an Example 1 have done your Bufinefs, in your
Abfence, without your Procuration ; and it has fucceeded to your Advantage : I have then an Adion againft you for the recovery of what I have disburfed, and you an Action againft me to make me give an account of my Admini- ftration : Which amounts to a QuaflContraB.
Quasi Crime, or Quasi DehB, in the Civil-Law, the Action of a Perfon who does Damage, or Evil involun-
The Reparation of Quafi Crimes, confifts in making good the Damages with Intereft.
Qu &.si-modo Sunday, Low Eafter- Sunday, or the next Sunday after Eafter ; thus call'd from the initial Words of the lntroit of the Mafs for the Day, Quafi mode geniti In- fantes. See Sunday.
In antient Deeds thefe Words were fignifiedby q.m.g.
QUATER-Ctajfe, quatre Coufvns; fourth Coufins, or the laft Degree of Kindred. See Cousin, Consangui- nity, i£c. . , '•' .,
Hence, when Perfons are at variance, tis laid they are not quater, or cater Coufms.
QUATRE Nations, q. d. Four Nations, a College founded in 1661, by Cardinal Mazarin ; for the Education and Maintenance of fixty Childten.Natives of the four Coun- treys conquer'd by the King, viz. fifteen for <Piguerol and Italy, fifteen for Alfatia, twenty for Flanders, and ten for Rouffltlon. See College.
QUATUOR Vir, in Antiquity, frequently wrote IIII.VIR, a Roman Magiftrate who had three Colleagues join'd with him in the fame Adminiftration.
To the Quatuor-viri was committed the Charge ot Lon- dufling and~Settling the Colonies fern into the Provinces.
See Colony. ,- ■
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