Quia timet (Latin for 'because he fears'; pronounced [/ˈkwiːə ˈtɪmɛt/ or /ˈkwiə ˈtɪmᵻt/]),[1] is a common law injunction to restrain wrongful acts which are threatened or imminent but have not yet commenced.
688 at p. 698] stated the necessary conditions for the equity courts to grant an injunction in such cases: Quia timet remedies were writs at common law.
According to Lord Coke, "there be six writs of law that may be maintained quia timet, before any molestation, distress, or impleading; as.
According to Graigola Merthyr Co Ltd v Swansea Corpn to obtain a quia timet injunction there must be an immediate threat to do something.
[3] Moffat's Trusts Law states that a quia timet injunction can both prohibit something or mandate something to occur.