Quadrans

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Quadrans \Quad"rans\, n.; pl. {Quadrantes}. [L.]
     1. (Rom. Antiq.) A fourth part of the coin called an as. See
        3d As, 2.
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     2. The fourth of a penny; a farthing. See {Cur}.


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From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

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