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Quare non admisit

Defined in 2 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910)

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

A writ for a patron against a bishop for damages for not admitting a clerk upon a writ ad admittendum clericum. See 3 Bl. Comm. 250.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

In English law. A writ to recover damages against a bishop who does not admit a plaintiff's clerk. It is, however, rarely or never necessary; for it is said that a bishop, refusing to execute the writ ad admittendum clericum or making an insufficient return to it, may be fined. Wats. Cler. Law, 302.