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Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law · Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
I. Learned in the law. Legit vel non ? I. Does he read or no ? Legit ut clericus: he reads like a clerk. A question to, and answer of, the ordinary, when a prisoner claimed benefit of clergy.