bill quia timet
bill quia timet 预防性诉状 衡平法上的一种诉状，提出这种诉状的依据是原告担忧他人的错误或疏忽有可能对其财产权利或利益造成损害。这种诉状是为了预防可能或即将产生的损害，并为现存权利保留据以避免未来或偶然损害的手段。它与禁制令〔injunction〕不同，后者针对的是过去、现在的或紧迫、特定的损害。(→quia timet)
bill quia timet
bill quia timet
An equitable bill used to guard against possible or prospective injuries and to preserve the means by which existing rights are protected from future or contingent violations. • It differs from an injunction, which corrects past and present — or imminent and certain — injuries. One example is a bill to perpetuate testimony. See QUIA