DE VI LAICA AMOVENDA

de  vi  laica  amovenda  (dee  vI  lay-<<schwa>>-k<<schwa>>  ay-moh-ven-d<<schwa>>),  n.

[Law Latin “of removing a lay force”] Hist. A writ allowing a parson claiming rights to a church

to order a sheriff to remove a group of laymen who, with another parson, had taken control of the

church and prevented the new parson from entering. [Blacks Law 8th]