DE VI LAICA AMOVENDA

de vi laica amovenda (dee vI lay-[schwa]-k[schwa] ay-moh-ven-d[schwa]), n. [Law Latin “of removing a lay force”] Hist. A writ allowing a parson claiming rights to a church to order a sheriff to remove a group of laymen who, with another parson, had taken control of the church and prevented the new parson from entering.