Legal Term: QUIA TIMET

Definition: a anticipantia, writs of prevention.", Co. Litt. 100 and see 7 Bro. P. C. 12 5. 2. These writs are generally obsolete. In chancery, when it is contemplated to prevent an expected injury, a bill quia timet (q. v.) is filed. Vide 1 Fonb. 41, 18 Vin Ab. 141, 4 Bouv. Inst. n. 3801, et seq. Bill quia timet.

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