quare impedit

quare impedit (kwair-ee im-p[schwa]-dit). [Latin “why he hinders”] Hist. Eccles. law. A writ or action to enforce a patron’s right to present a person to fill a vacant benefice.

— Also termed writ of quare impedit. See PRESENTATION(2); ADVOWSON.

“The writ of quare impedit commands the disturbers, the bishop, the pseudo-patron, and his clerk, to permit the plaintiff to present a proper person (without specifying the particular clerk) to such a vacant church, which pertains to his patronage; and which the defendants, as he alleges, do obstruct: and unless they so do, then that they appear in court to shew the reason why they hinder him.” 3 William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England 248 (1768).

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