Legal Definition and Related Resources of Clericus
Meaning of Clericus
(Lat.) In Civil Law. Any one who has taken orders in church, of whatever rank; monks. A general term including bishops, subdeacons, readers, and cantors. Du Cange. Used, also, of those who were given up to the pursuit of letters, and who were learned therein. Also of the amanuenses of the judges or courts of the king. Du Cange. In English Law. A secular priest, in opposition to a regular one. Kennett, Par. jGit. 171. A clergyman or priest; one in orders. Nullus clericus nisi causidicus, no clerk but what is a pleader. 1 Bl. Comm. 17. A freeman, generally. One who was charged with various duties in the king’s household. Du Cange.
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Concept of “Clericus”
Traditional meaning of clericus in English (with some legal use of this latin concept in England and the United States in the XIX Century) [1]: (in Latin) A priest; a clerk; or any one who has taken orders in a church.
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- Based on A Concise Law Dictionary of Words, Phrases and Maxims, “Clericus”, Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1911, United States. It is also called the Stimson’s Law dictionary. This term and/or definition may be absolete.
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