QUARE IMPEDIT
\kwˈe͡əɹ ɪmpˈɛdɪt], \kwˈeəɹ ɪmpˈɛdɪt], \k_w_ˈeə_ɹ ɪ_m_p_ˈɛ_d_ɪ_t]\
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Wherefore he hinders. In English practice. A writ or action which lies for the patron of an advowson, where he has been disturbed in his right of patronage; so called from the emphatic words of the old form, by which the disturber was summoned to answer why he hinders the plaintiff. 3 Bl. Comm. 246, 248.
By Henry Campbell Black
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