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]