Quot
in Scotch law, one-twentieth part of the movable estate of a person dying in Scotland, anciently due to the bishop of the diocese in which he resided.
QUO WARRANTO, in law, a writ issuing against any person or corporation that usurps any office or franchise, to inquire by what authority he or it supports his or its claim, in order to determine the right, R R, r, the 18th letter and the 14th consonant of the English language, is classed as a semi-vowel and a liquid. It is also called a trill. It is generally considered to have two sounds: The first , when it begins a word or syllable, and when it is preceded by a consonant, bea consonant, t, being then produced by an expulsion of vocalized breath, as in ran, tree, morose, etc.; the second, less decidedly consonantal, heard at the end of words and syllables, and when it is followed by a consonant, being formed by a vibration of the lower part of the tongue, as in her, star, beard, etc. In Scotch and some dialects, r has always the same sound, being uttered with a strong vibration of the tongue, but less guttural than in French or German. By the Romans r was called the "dogs' letter," from its sound resembling the snarling of dogs.
In words derived from the Greek we follow the custom of the Romans, who represented the aspirated sound with which r was pronounced by the Greeks, by rh, as in rhapsody, rhetoric, etc. In such words, however, the h has no influence on the pronunciation of the English word, and is, therefore, entirely superfluous. R and 1 are frequently interchanged (see remarks under L).
As an initial, R represents the Latin rex=king, as George R.=George, king; or regina queen, as Victoria R. Victoria, queen. It also represents English royal, as R. N.=Royal Navy, R. A.
Royal Artillery. In astronomy stands for right, as R. A.=Right Ascension; in Royal Artillery. In astronomy it stands proper names, for Richard, Robert, etc.; in monumental inscriptions, for requiescat, as R. I. P. requiescat in pace may he (or she) rest in peace; in Biblical literature for revised, as R. V.=revised ver- V. revised version. As a symbol, R was formerly used to stand for 80, and with a dash over it, for 80,000. In medicine, R stands for Latin recipe=take. The three R's, a humorous and familiar designation for the three elementary subjects of education: reading, writing and arithmetic RA (more properly RE), the name of the god of the sun among the ancient Egyptians. Po is represented, like Horus, with the head of a hawk, and bearing the disk of the sun on his head.