DE CLERICO CAPTO PER STATUTUM MERCATORIUM DELIBERANDO

de clerico capto per statutum mercatorium deliberando (dee kler-[schwa]-koh kap-toh p[schwa]r st[schwa]-tyoo-t[schwa]m m[schwa]r-k[schwa]-tor-ee-[schwa]m di-lib-[schwa]-ran-doh), n. [Law Latin “for delivering a clerk arrested on a statute merchant”] Hist. A writ ordering the release of a clerk imprisoned for breaching a statute merchant. — Often shortened to de clerico capto per statutum mercatorium.