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CLERK

clergyable felony was one of that class in which clergy was allowable. 4 Bl. Comm. 371-373. CLERICAL. Pertaining to clergymen; or pertaining to the office or labor of a clerk. —Clerical error. A mistake in writing or copying; the mistake of a clerk or writer. 1 Ld. Raym. 183.—Clerical tonsure. The having the head shaven, which was formerly peculiar to clerks, or persons in orders, and which the coifs worn by Serjeants at law are supposed to have been introduced to conceal. 1 Bl. Comm. 24, note *; 4 Bl. Comm. 367. In old English law. The clerical privilege; the privilege or benefit of clergy. CliERICI DE GANCELLARIA. Clerks of the chancery. Cleric! non ponantur in officiis. Co. Litt 96. Clergymen should not be placed in offices; i. e., in secular offices. See Lofft, 508. CLERICI PRiENOTARH. The six clerks in chancery. 2 Reeve, Eng. Law, 251. CLERICALE PRIVILEGIUM. CLERICO CAPTO PER STATUTUM MERCATORUM. A writ for the delivery of a clerk out of prison, who was taken and incarcerated upon the breach of a statute merchant Reg. Orig. 147. ORDINARH DELIBERANDO. An ancient writ, that lay for the delivery to his ordinary of a clerk convicted of felony, where the ordinary did not challenge him according to the privilege of clerks. Reg. Orig. 69. CLERICO INFRA SACROS ORDINES CONSTITUTO, NON ELIGENDO IN OF FICIUM. A writ directed to those who had thrust a bailiwick or other office upon one in holy orders, charging them to release him. Reg. Orig. 143. CLERICUS. In Roman law. A minis ter of religion in the Christian church; an ecclesiastic or priest. Cod. 1, 3; Nov. 3, 123, 137. A general term, including bishops, priests, deacons, and others of inferior or der. Brissonius. In old English law. A clerk or priest; a person in holy orders; a secular priest; a clerk of a court. An officer of the royal household, having charge of the receipt and payment of moneys, etc. Fleta enumerates several of them, with their appropriate duties; as clericus coquinw, clerk of the kitchen; clericus panetf et CLERICO CONVICTO PEFECTU COMMISSO GAOLiE IN CLERICO ADMITTENDO. See AD MITTENDO GLEBICO.

clerk of the pantry and buttery.

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Lib. 2, cc. 18, 19. —Clericus mercati. In old English law. Clerk of the market. 2 Inst. 543.—Clericus parochialis. In old English law. A parish clerk. Clericus et agricola et mercator, tem pore belli, ut oret, colat, et commutet, pace fruuntur. 2 Inst. 58. Clergymen, husbandmen, and merchants, in order that they may preach, cultivate, and trade, enjoy peace in time of war. Clericus non connumeretur in duabus ecclesiis. 1 Rolle. A clergyman should not be appointed to two churches. CLERIGOS. In Spanish law. Clergy; men chosen for the service of God. White, New Recop. b. 1, tit 5, ch. 4. CLERK. In ecclesiastical law. A per son in holy orders; a clergyman; an individ ual attached to the ecclesiastical state, and who has the clerical tonsure. See 4 Bl. Comm. 366, 367. In practice. A person employed in a public office, or as an officer of a court, whose duty is to keep records or accounts. In commercial law. A person employed by a merchant, or in a mercantile establish ment, as a salesman, book-keeper, account ant amanuensis, etc., invested with more or less authority in the administration of some branch or department of the business, while the principal himself superintends the whole. State v. Barter, 58 N. H. 604; Hamuel v. State, 5 Mo. 264; Railroad Co. v. Trust Co., 82 Md. 535, 34 Atl. 778, 38 L. R. A. 97. —Clerk of arraigns. In English law. An assistant to the clerk of assise. His duties are in the crown court on circuit.—Clerk of as sise. In English law. Officers who officiate as associates on the circuits. They record all judicial proceedings done by the judges on the circuit.—Clerk of court. An officer of a court of justice who has charge of the clerical part of its business, who keeps its records and seal, issues process, enters judgments and or ders, gives certified copies from the records, etc. Peterson v. State, 45 Wis. 540; Ross v. Heathcock, 57 Wis. 89, 15 N. W. 9; Gordon v. State, 2 Tex. App. 154; U. S. v. Warren, 12 Okl. 350, 71 Pac. 685.—Clerk of enroll ments. In English law. The former chief officer of the English enrollment office, (q. v.) He now forms part of the staff of the central office.—Clerk of the crown in chancery. See CROWN OFFICE IN CHANCEEY.—Clerk of the house of commons. An important officer of the English house of commons. He is ap K inted by the crown as under-clerk of the pay ments to attend upon the commons. He makes a declaration, on entering upon his of fice, to make true entries, remembrances, and journals of the things done and passed in the house. He signs all orders of the house, in dorses the bills sent or returned to the lords, and reads whatever is required to be read in the house. He has the custody of all records and other documents. May, Pari. Pr. 236.— Clerk of the market. The overseer or su perintendent of a public market. In old Eng lish law; he was a quasi judicial officer, hav ing power to settle controversies arising in tht