QUOD CLERICI NON ELIGANTUR IN OFFICIO BALLIVI

quod clerici non eligantur in officio ballivi, etc. (kwod kler-[schwa]-sI non el-[schwa]-gan-t[schwa]r in [schwa]-fish-ee-oh bal-lI-vI), n. [Law Latin “that clerks are not chosen in the office of a bailiff, etc.”] Hist. A writ exempting a clerk, who was to be appointed as a bailiff, beadle, reeve, or other officer, from serving in the office.