QUARE INCUMBRAVIT

quare incumbravit (kwair-ee in-k<<schwa>>m-bray-vit), n.[Law Latin “why he incumbered”]

Hist. A writ or action to compel a bishop to explain why he encumbered the church when, within

six months after the vacation of a benefice and after a ne admittas was received, the bishop

conferred the benefice on his clerk while other clerks were contending for the right of presentation

in a quare impedit action. • The writ was abolished by the Real Property Limitation Act of 1833,

27. 27. [Blacks Law 8^th]