Quare impedit
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
An action to recover an advowson. See Advowson.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
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.