Quot

Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)

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 conlanguage, is sonant of the English and a liquid. It classed as a semi-vowel is generally conis also called a trill. It sounds: The first sidered to have two , syllable, and when it begins a word or a consonant, t, bewhen it is preceded by by an expulsion of voing then produced , as in ran, tree, morose, calized breath second, less decidedly consonetc.; the antal, heard at the end of words and syland when it is followed by a conlables, sonant, being formed by a vibration of the tongue, as in her, the lower part of and some distar, beard, etc. In Scotch has always the same sound, bealects, r with a strong vibration of ing uttered in the tongue, but less guttural than German. By the Romans r French or ," from its was called the "dogs' letter of dogs. sound resembling the snarling the Greek we In words derived from Romans, who follow the custom of the with represented the aspirated sound pronounced by the Greeks, which r was rhetoric, etc. In by rh, as in rhapsody, h has no influsuch words, however, the of the English ence on the pronunciation entirely superword, and is, therefore, frequently interfluous. Rand 1 are L). changed (see remarks under As an initial, R represents the Latin R. George, king; rex-king, as George Victoria R. Vicor regina queen, as toria, queen. It also represents English N. Royal Navy, R. A. royal, as R. Royal Artillery. In astronomy stands R. A. Right Ascension; in for right, as proper names, for Richard, Robert, etc.; , for requiesin monumental inscriptions requiescat in pace may cat, as R. I. P. she) rest in peace; in Biblical lithe (or V. revised vererature for revised, as R. used sion. As a symbol, R was formerly over it, to stand for 80, and with a dash , R stands for for 80,000. In medicine three R's, a Latin recipe-take. The designation for humorous and familiar subjects of eduthe three elementary arithmetic cation: reading, writing and .