In English law. A writ which lay against a bishop who, within six months after the vacation of a benefice, conferred it on his clerk, whlle two others were contendlng at law for the right of presentation, calling upon him to show cause why he had Incumbered the church. Reg. orlg. 32. Abollshed by 3 & 4 wm. IV. c. 27
Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
