QUOMINUS

quominus (kwoh-m[schwa]-n[schwa]s or kwoh-mI-n[schwa]s). [Latin quo minus “by which the less”] Hist. A 14th-century Exchequer writ alleging that the plaintiff had lent the defendant a sum of money and that the plaintiff was unable to repay a debt of similar amount to the Crown because of the debt to the defendant. • In effect, the […]