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‖ indicavit, n. Law.|ɪndɪˈkeɪvɪt|
[Substantive use of L. indicāvit ‘he has pointed out’, 3rd sing. perf. ind. of indicāre to indicate.]
A writ of prohibition, by which a suit raised by one ecclesiastic against another on account of tithes, amounting to at least a fourth part of the profits of an advowson, might be removed from the ecclesiastical court to the king's court, at the instance of the patron of the defendant, whose right of patronage would be prejudiced if the plaintiff were successful in the spiritual court.
[1285Statute Westm. c. 5 Cum per breve Indicavit impediatur rector alicujus ecclesie ad petendum decimas in vicina parochia. 1292Britton v. x. §11 La prohibicioun del Indicavit, a fere suspendre le play en Cristiene court jekes autaunt qe discus soit en nostre court par entre les avowez (etc.).] 1607in J. Cowell Interpr. 1642Coke 2nd Inst. (1671) 489 It appeareth by the ancient Writ..of Indicavit..that the right of tithes was tried in the Kings Court. 1768Blackstone Comm. III. vii. 91 If the right of patronage comes at all into dispute..there the ecclesiastical court hath no cognizance, provided the tithes sued for amount to a fourth part of the value of the living, but may be prohibited at the instance of the patron by the king's writ of indicavit. |