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Define the word Quadrans

"Quadrans" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"

Quadrans \Quad"rans\, n.; pl. Quadrantes. [L.]
   1. (Rom. Antiq.) A fourth part of the coin called an as. See
      3d As, 2.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. The fourth of a penny; a farthing. See Cur.
      [1913 Webster]

"QUADRANS" bouvier "Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)"

QUADRANS, civil law. The fourth part of the whole. Hence the heir 
exquadrante; that is to say, the fourth-part of the whole.