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.
