Lat. “Who‘as well ———.” An action brought by an informer, under &A statute which establishes a penalty for the commission or omission of a certain act, and provides that the same shall be recoverable in a civil action, part of the penalty to go to any person who will bring such action and the remainder to the state or some other institution, is called a “qué tam action ;” be cause the plaintiff states that he sues as well for the state as for himself. See In re Barker, 56 Vt. 14; Grover v. Morris, 73 N. Y. 478.