quominus

== English == === Etymology === From Latin quōminus. === Noun === quominus (uncountable) (law, historical, sometimes attributive) A writ and legal fiction that (until the late 19th century) allowed the Court of Exchequer to obtain a jurisdiction over cases normally brought in the Court of Common Pleas, based on having the plaintiff in a debt case claim that he was a debtor to the king, and that the defendant's debt prevented him paying the king. == Latin == === Alternative forms === quō minus === Etymology === From instrumental quō + minus. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkʷoː.mɪ.nʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkʷɔː.mi.nus] === Conjunction === quōminus that not === References === “quominus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “quominus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.