- In
English law, the
benefit of clergy (Law Latin:
privilegium clericale) was
originally a
provision by
which clergymen accused of a
crime could claim...
-
Without Benefit of Clergy is a 1921
American silent drama film
directed by
James Young and
featuring Virginia Brown Faire,
Thomas Holding and
Boris Karloff...
- The
Benefit of Clergy Act 1496,
formally referred to as the Act 12 Hen. 7 c. 7, was an Act
of the
Parliament of England, p****ed
during the
reign of Henry...
- The
Benefit of Clergy Act 1575 (18 Eliz. 1. c. 7), long
title An Act to take away
clergy from the
offenders in rape and burglary, and an
order for the...
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renounced Judaism could not
claim benefit of clergy. In
England itself the
practice of granting benefit of clergy was
ended in 1827 but it continued...
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England in 1550. From the time
of Henry VII,
branding was
inflicted for all
offences which received benefit of clergy.
Branding of the
thumbs was used around...
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judges for
convicted criminals. With
modifications to the
traditional benefit of clergy,
which originally exempted only
clergymen from the
general criminal...
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variety of names, such as manse, parsonage, rectory, or vicarage. A
clergy house is
typically owned and
maintained by a church, as a
benefit to its
clergy. This...
- by torture, the
sentence was thus
imposed by
attainder and
without benefit of clergy. His
execution took
place on
April 15, 1532 at Smithfield. A contemporary...
- Henry's
political desire to
restrict the
privilege of benefit of clergy.
Fisher was a
staunch defender of the privilege, and, she says,
would have condemned...