Definition of Benefit of clergy
(Law)
See
under
Clergy
.
(Eng., Law)
the
exemption
of
the
persons
of
clergymen
from
criminal
process
before
a
secular
judge
-
a
privilege
which
was
extended
to
all
who
could
read
,
such
persons
being
,
in
the
eye
of
the
law
,
clerici
,
or
clerks
.
This
privilege
was
abridged
and
modified
by
various
statutes
,
and
finally
abolished
in
the
reign
of
George
IV
. (
1827
).
See also:
Benefit
Clergy
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