Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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de clerico convicto commisso gaolae in defectu ordinarii deliberando

[Law Latin "for delivering a cleric convicted and committed to gaol in defect of his ordinary"] Hist. A writ ordering the delivery of a cleric to his ordinary (i.e., superior) when the cleric did not claim benefit of clergy and consequently was convicted of a felony. See ORDINARY (1); BENEFIT OF CLERGY (1).