a quo
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So, basically, a quid and a quo but not a pro.
From Slate ● Apr. 18, 2019
The U.S. attorney saw double — a quid and a quo.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 31, 2015
While the negotiations go on, Nixon obviously has nothing to gain by trumpeting his quids before the other side can respond with a quo or two.
From Time Magazine Archive
An information, technically entitled a quo warranto, was brought against the corporation in the court of King's Bench.
From London in Modern Times or, Sketches of the English Metropolis during the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. by Unknown
Another said, "This may be called a quo warranto to seize all our liberties."
From The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part D. From Elizabeth to James I. by David Hume
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