QUOAD HOC
\kwˈə͡ʊd hˈɒk], \kwˈəʊd hˈɒk], \k_w_ˈəʊ_d h_ˈɒ_k]\
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Lat As to this; with respect to this; so far as this in particular is concerned. A prohibition quoad hoc is a prohibition as to certain things among others. Thus, where a party was complained against in the ecclesiastical court for matters cognizable in the temporal courts, a prohibition quoad these matters issued, i. e., as to such matters the party was prohibited from prosecuting his suit in the ecclesiastical court Brown.
By Henry Campbell Black
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