QUE ESTATE
\kwˈɛ ɪstˈe͡ɪt], \kwˈɛ ɪstˈeɪt], \k_w_ˈɛ ɪ_s_t_ˈeɪ_t]\
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L. Fr. Whose estate. A term used in pleading, particularly in claiming prescription, by which it is alleged that the plaintiff and those former owners ichose estate he has have immemorially exercised the right claimed. This was called "prescribing in a que estate."
By Henry Campbell Black
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Dopamine Acetyltransferase
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