...of clergy. This was first claimed as being a scriptural command, and the authority quoted for it was the text " touch not mine anointed and do my prophets no harm," from this was derived the maxim, "sacerdotesaregibushonorandi Mint non judicandi," under which the...

...the clerk submitted himself to the law of the kingdom. Since then this privilege, which the clergy grounded on the text, " Touch not Mine anointed and do My prophets no harm," has been regulated by various acts of parliament ; " and we now," says Mr. Justice Foster, "con(;<)...

...should accuse the priests of holy church before a secular judge; and it is said to have been founded on the text " Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm." And if it had been thus limited, and the Church had been prepared to inflict due punishment on her...

...aspects. But, still, real clerks were not molested in the enjoyment of the privilege which they founded on the text " Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm." In the fourth year of the reign of Henry VIII. a statute was passed for making addition to the list...

...clerks in orders originally claimed from the jurisdiction of secular judges. Basing their claim upon the text, "Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm," and theoretically, perhaps, on the presumed impossibility of men, whose calling it was "to wait upon...

...was stoutly resisted. Benefit of Clergy. Exemption of the clerical order from civil punishment, based on the text, "Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm " (1 Chron. xvi. 22). In time it comprehended not only the ordained clergy, but all who, being able...

...clergy.' — SCOTT. The clergy originally obtained freedom from secular jurisdiction on the strength of the text, ' Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.' In process of time this benefit of clergy was claimed for everybody that could read, all such persons...

...the fact that it could be used to mitigate the rigor of the English Law. The enactment was based upon the text — "Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm " (i Chron., xvi., 22). The portion of Scripture selected as a test of their ability to read was the...

...the fact that it could be used to mitigate the rigor of the English Law. The enactment was based upon the text — "Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm " (i Chron., xvi., 22). The portion of Scripture selected as a test of their ability to read was the...

...Cler jjy, or ' Privilegmm clericalo.' The origin of this privilege is not clear, but it was based! on the text, 'Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm' (Ps. cv. 15). The privilege related to ecclesiastical places and persons. Places consecrated to religious...