Quare Impedit

English Law and Ecclesiastical Law: Quare Impedit in the Past

The name of a writ directed by the king to the sheriff (see law enforcement in the U.K. encyclopedia), by which he is needd to command certain people by name to allow him, the king, to present a fit person to a certain church, which is void and which belongs to his gift and of which the said defendants hinder the king, as it is said and unless, etc. then to summon, etc. There is further information on this topic in this legal reference. The defendants so that they be and appear, etc. F. N. B. 74. [1][rtbs name=”history-of-english-law”]

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1. Partialy, this information about quare impedit is based on the Bouvier´s Law Dictionary, 1848 edition. There is a list of terms of the Bouvier´s Law Dictionary, including quare impedit.

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