Meanings
plural quedans
- PhilippinesWarehouse receipt issued for stored commodities, especially sugar.
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ARTICLE 1636. In the preceding articles in this Title governing the sale of goods, unless the context or subject matter otherwise requires: (1) “Document of title to goods” includes any bill of lading, dock warrant, “quedan,” or warehouse receipt or order for the delivery of goods, or any other document used in the ordinary course of business in the sale or transfer of goods, as proof of the possession or control of the goods, or authorizing or purporting to authorize the possessor of the document to transfer or receive, either by indorsement or by delivery, goods represented by such document.
1949, Republic Act No. 386
Origin
- Latinquiēscō
- Latinquiētus
- Late Latinquiētō
- Vulgar Latin*quētāre
- Old Spanishquedar
- Spanishquedar
- Spanishquedan
- Englishquedan
Borrowed from Spanish quedan, ellipsis of quedan [depositadas] (“there are hereby deposited”), a phrase that appeared on the receipt. The term quedan is the third-person plural present indicative of quedar (“to remain”), from Old Spanish quedar, from Vulgar Latin *quētāre, from Late Latin quiētō, from quiētus (“quiet, calm”) + -ō (verbal suffix).
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quedan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quedan
“quedan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quedan. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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