Articuli Cleri
Defined in 6 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
Articles of the clergy; the title of a statute passed in the ninth year of Edw. II. to adjust questions of cognizance between the ecclesiastical and temporal courts. 2 Reeve, Hist. Eng. Law, 291; 2 Inst. 599.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
These articles (Edw. II.) were an attempt to delimit accurately the spheres of the lay and ecclesiastical jurisdictions, and were the basis of all subsequent legislation upon this subject during the mediaeval period. 2 Holdsw. Hist, E. L. 253. See Circumspecte Agates.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Articles of the clergy, (q. v.)
Defined under Articuli in Black's Law Dictionary.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
Articles of the clergy, (g- 2.) '
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
Lat. Articles of the clergy. The title of a statute passed in the ninth year of Edward II. for the purpose of adjusting and setthng the great questions of cognizance then existing between the ecclesiastical and temporal courts. 2 Reeves* Hist, E, Law, 291—296. The archbishop of Canterbury preferred in the name of himself and the clerfi;y (clerus) sixteen articles, and received by the authority of parliament answers seriatim to each of them, constituting the statute which hence derived its name. Id. 291. Lord Coke has inserted this statute in his Institutes, accompanying it with a commentary. 2 Inst. 599.