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QB - Queen's Bench Reports

QE - quantitative easing (mechanism employed by European Central Banks involving the direct purchase of private and public securities implemented during times of crisis)

QMV - qualified majority vote (an EU system of legislation where votes are assigned to Member States in proportion to their population size in relation to the total population of the European Union - under the Lisbon Treaty a vote on legislation requires 55 percent of Member States representing 65 percent of the EU's population to pass)