Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

legit uelnon

[Latin] Eccles. law. Does he read or not. ( This was the formal question propounded by a court to an ordinary (an ecclesiastical official) when an accused person claimed exemption from the death penalty by benefit of clergy. If the ordinary found that the accused was entitled to exemption, he responded "legit ut clericus," or, "he reads like a clerk." See BENEFIT OF CLERGY.