- In
English law, the
benefit of clergy (Law Latin:
privilegium clericale) was
originally a
provision by
which clergymen accused of a
crime could claim...
- 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...
- The
Benefit of Clergy Act 1402 (4 Hen. 4. c. 3) was an act p****ed
during the
reign of Henry IV
of England by the
Parliament of England that
abolished compurgation...
-
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 (12 Hen. 7. c. 7), was an act
of the
Parliament of England, p****ed
during the
reign of Henry VII
of England, that abolished...
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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...
- 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...
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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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particularly the
benefit of clergy. It was
repealed by the
Criminal Law Act 1967. The act has
sixteen parts.
Parts I - V
concerned the
formalities of pleading...
