clerico convicto commisso gaolae in defectu ordinarii deliberando
clerico convicto commisso gaolae in defectu ordinarii deliberando (kler-[ schwa]-koh k[schwa]n-vik-toh k[schwa]-mis-oh jay-[[schwa]]-lee in di-fek-t[y]oo or-d[schwa]-nair-ee-I di-lib-[schwa]-ran-doh). [Law Latin “for delivering a cleric convicted and committed to gaol in defect of his ordinary”] Hist. A writ ordering the delivery of a clerk to the ordinary (i.e., a superior) after the clerk was convicted of a felony, and without the ordinary’s questioning the clerk’s right to claim benefit of clergy. — Also termed de clerico convicto commisso gaolae in defectu ordinarii deliberando. See ORDINARY(1); BENEFIT OF CLERGY(1).
