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Quo*ti"e*ty (kw*t"*t), n. [L. quotus of what number, quot how many.] (Scholastic Philos.) The relation of an object to number. Krauth-Fleming.

Quo"tum (kw"tm), n. [NL., fr. L. quotus of what number. See Quota.] Part or proportion; quota. [R.] "A very small quotum." Max M¸ller.

||Quo` war*ran"to (kw` wr*rn"t). [So called from the Law L. words quo ||warranto (by what authority), in the original Latin form of the writ. ||See Which, and Warrant.] (Law) A writ brought before a proper ||tribunal, to inquire by what warrant a person or a corporation acts, ||or exercises certain powers. Blackstone.

An information in the nature of a quo warranto is now common as a substitute for the writ. Wharton.

Qu*ran" (k*r‰n"), n. See Koran.