Quan"tum (?), n.;
pl. Quanta (#). [L., neuter of quantus how great, how much. See
Quantity,]
1. Quantity; amount. "Without authenticating . . . the
quantum of the charges." Burke.
2. (Math.) A definite portion of a
manifoldness, limited by a
mark or by a boundary. W. K. Clifford.
||Quantum meruit (&?;) [L., as much as he merited] (Law), a count in an action grounded on a promise
that the defendant would pay to the plaintiff for his service as much as he should deserve. -- ||Quantum sufficit (&?;), or
Quantum suff. [L., as much suffices] (Med.),
a sufficient quantity. -- ||Quantum valebat (&?;) [L., as much at it was worth]
(Law), a count in an action to recover of the defendant, for goods sold, as much
as they were worth.
Blackstone.
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