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Definition of: benefit of clergy

1. Law A privilege accorded to the clergy and afterward extended to all who could read, by which one who had been convicted in a secular court of some felony, less than treason, that involved capital punishment, could claim a hearing before the bishop's court.
2. Churchly approval or sanction: They were married without benefit of clergy.

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pleaded benefit of clergy
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Phrases starting with the letter: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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