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Clerical

Defined in 2 dictionaries — Black's (1910), Black's (1891)

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Pertaining to clergymen; or pertaining to the office or labar of a clerk.

Clerical error. A mistake in writing or copying; the mistake of a clerk or writer. 1 Ld. Raym. 183,

Clerical tonsure. The having the head shaven, which was formerly peculiar to clerks, or persons in orders, and which the coifs worn by Serjeants at law are supposed to have been introduced to conceal. 1 Bl. Comm. 24, note t; 4 Bl. Comm. 307.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

Pertaining to clergymen; or pe: taining to the office or labor of a clerk.