Talk:qui tam

Missing obsolete slang sense?
John Camden Hotten's Slang Dictionary (1873) has:


 * Qui-tam, a solicitor. He who, i.e., “he who, as much for himself as for the King,” seeks a conviction, the penalty for which goes half to the informer and half to the Crown. The term would, therefore, with greater propriety, be applied to a spy than to a solicitor.

Equinox ◑ 15:40, 19 June 2021 (UTC)