Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

quantum valebant

[Latin "as much as they were worth"] 1. The reasonable value of goods and materials. 2. At common law, a count in an assumpsit action to recover payment for goods sold and delivered to another. ( Quantum valebant - although less common than quantum meruit - is still used today as an equitable remedy to provide restitution for another's unjust enrichment. quarantina habenda. See DE QUARANTINA HABENDA.