Qui-Tam
. A lawyer; so called from the first two words in an action on a penal statute. Qui tam pro domʹinâ Regiʹnâ, quam pro se-ipso, sequitur (Who sues on the Queen’s account as much as on his own).
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Entry taken from
Dictionary of Phrase and Fable,
edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.