Quod may refer to:
* ''The Quod'', a contemporary nickname for the English
Quota System during the Napoleonic Wars
* a ''quod'', the main playing item in the fictional sport of
Quodpot
Quidditch is a fictional sport invented by author J.K. Rowling for her fantasy book series ''Harry Potter''. It first appeared in the novel ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'' (1997). It is a dangerous but popular sport played by wit ...
in the Harry Potter universe
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Quod (board game)
Quod is an abstract strategy game played on an 11-by-11 grid of spaces with the four corner spaces removed. Players alternate placing pieces, called quods, into empty spaces. A player wins by placing four quods that form the four corners of a squar ...
, an abstract strategy game
The word is also common in several Latin phrases used in different (English) contexts:
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per quod Per quod is a Latin phrase (meaning ''whereby'') used to illustrate that the existence of a thing or an idea is on the basis of external circumstances not explicitly known or stated.
Legal example
"Statements are considered defamatory ''per quod'' ...
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ad quod damnum
''Ad quod damnum'' or ''ad damnum'' is a Latin phrase meaning "according to the harm" or "appropriate to the harm". It is used in tort law as a measure of damage inflicted, and implying a remedy, if one exists, ought to correspond specifically an ...
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nemo dat quod non habet
''Nemo dat quod non habet'', literally meaning "no one can give what they do not have", is a legal rule, sometimes called the ''nemo dat'' rule, that states that the purchase of a possession from someone who has no ownership right to it also den ...
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quod erat demonstrandum
Q.E.D. or QED is an initialism of the Latin phrase , meaning "which was to be demonstrated". Literally it states "what was to be shown". Traditionally, the abbreviation is placed at the end of mathematical proofs and philosophical arguments in p ...
(often abbreviated "Q.E.D.")
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