coin of the United States, of the value of two and a half dollars.—Quarter of a year. Ninety-one days. Co. Litt. 1385}.—Quarter-sales. In New York law. A species of fine on alienation, being one-fourth of the purchase money of an estate, which is stipulated to be paid back on alienation by the grantee. The expressions “tenth-sales,” etc., are also used, with similat meanings. Jackson ex dem. Livingston v. Groat, 7 Cow. (N. Y.) 285. - SEAL. —Quarter section. In American land law. The quarter of a section of land according to - the divisions of the government survey, laid off by dividing the section into four equal parts by north-and south and east-and-west lines, and containing 160 acres. ”

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