DE CLERICO ADMITTENDO
de clerico admittendo (dee kler-<<schwa>>-koh ad-mi-ten-doh), n.[Law Latin “for admitting
a clerk”] Hist. A writ of execution commanding a bishop to accept a nominee for a vacant benefice.
• A benefice’s patron could enforce the right to fill a vacancy (the right of presentation) in the
Court of Common Pleas by writ of quare impedit. — Also termed admittendo clerico; ad
admittendum clericum. Cf. ADVOWSON; PRESENTATION(2); QUARE IMPEDIT. [Blacks Law 8th]