Clems
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Lat. [from Gr. kleros, a lot or patrimony.] In old English law. The clergy. Ad specialem requisitionem praelatorum et cleri regni; at the special request of the prelates and clergy of the realm.
Reg. Orig. 289 b.
Articuli cleri; articles of the clergy.
See Articuli cleri.