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). In the series, Quidditch is portrayed as a dang ...
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
or 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 and only to the damage suffered ...
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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 "that 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 ...
(often abbreviated "Q.E.D.")
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