DE CLERICO INFRA SACROS ORDINES CONSTITUTO, NON ELIGENDO IN OFFICIUM
de clerico infra sacros ordines constituto, non eligendo in officium (dee kler-<<schwa>>-koh
in-fr<<schwa>> sak-rohs or-di-neez kon-sti-tyoo-toh, non el-i-jen-doh in
<<schwa>>-fish-ee-<<schwa>>m). [Law Latin “for not electing a clerk in holy orders to office”]
Hist. A writ ordering a cleric’s release from secular office. • The writ was addressed to the bailiff
or other person who had forced a cleric to take a bailiwick or other secular office. [Blacks Law 8th]