LIBERTAS ECCLESIASTICA

libertas ecclesiastica (li-b<<schwa>>r-tas e-klee-z[h]ee-as-ti-k<<schwa>>), n.[Law Latin “church liberty”] Hist. Immunity from secular law, enjoyed by the church and the clergy, who are subject to ecclesiastical law. • This immunity was created in Magna Carta (1215).

[Blacks Law 8th]