English Explanatory Dictionary

quare impedit

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A writ in English law commencing a common-law action for deciding a disputed right of presentation to a benefice, a right known as an advowson.

Word forms

quare impedit quare impedits

Etymology

From Latin [Term?] (literally “why he hinders”), from the words of the ancient writ that started the proceeding until the 19th century.

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