“For this injury the law has provided him with two remedies … the writ of ejectione firmae; … and the writ of quare ejecti infra terminum; which lies not against the wrongdoer or ejector himself, but his feoffee or other person claiming under him. These are mixed actions, somewhat between real and personal; for therein are two things recovered, as well restitution of the term of years, as damages for the ouster or wrong.” 3 William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England 199 (1768).
quare ejecit infra terminum
quare ejecit infra terminum (kwair-ee i-jee-sit in-fr[schwa] t[schwa]r-m[ schwa]-n[schwa]m), n. [Law Latin “why he ejected within the term”] Hist. A writ for a lessee who was prematurely ejected, when the ejector was not actually in possession but one claiming under the ejector was.
