“Quaere” is a legal term used in statements to indicate that what follows is not based on what came before. It is used to question or investigate a part of a statement that requires further evidence or information to justify it. It acts as a conjunction, uniting two conflicting parts of a sentence. Its Latin meaning is “to investigate” or “question.”
Quaere is a legal term that is actually used as a conjunction within a statement to indicate that what follows is not based on what came before. Specifically, this term is typically used in legal briefs and other documents to indicate that more information is needed regarding part of a statement. Someone could write the first part of a statement to state what was found based on existing evidence or testimony. Using the phrase “quaere” then divides that first part from the second part of the statement that follows, which could indicate potential outcomes that would require further evidence or information to justify them.
In Latin, the word “quaere” means “to investigate” or “question”. This meaning is similar to the legal meaning of the term, although it does not generally mean that part of a statement is literally a question. Instead, this term is typically used to indicate to the reader that he should consider whether part of a statement is correct. When “quaere” is used within a statement, it usually indicates to a reader that he should assume that what follows is not supported by existing knowledge although it is worthy of consideration.
In a legal context, the word “quaere” often acts as a conjunction in a sentence, joining together two parts of a sentence. Just like the word “but” in standard usage, it unites the two parties indicating that there is conflict between them. In the case of “quaere,” this conflict arises because one part of a statement is based on factual evidence while the following part is not. The second part of the statement is presented to give the reader something to consider or question regarding future findings or additional evidence that may come to light.
An example of how this term may be used would be someone stating that “It is clear that the defendant knew his wife was in the trunk when he drove it into the lake and is guilty of murder, although quaere if he would have been guilty had he I didn’t know it was in the trunk.’ In this example, the term is used to ask a question to the reader or listener of the statement. While the first part of the statement expresses one idea, guilt by proven knowledge, the second statement following “quaere” expresses the opposite idea, lack of guilt by ignorance, to be considered in future or similar cases.
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