Legal Term: QUE ESTATE

Definition: These words literally translated signify quem statum, or which estate. At common law, it is a plea by which a man prescribes in himself and those whose estate he holds. 2 Bl. Com. 270, 18 Vin. Ab. 133-140, 2 Tho. Co. Litt. 203, Co. Litt. 121 a, Hardress, 459 2 Bouv. Inst. n. 499.

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