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]