English Dictionary

benefit of clergy

名詞

イギリス英語 歴史的 不可算名詞

(UK, law, historical) A legal provision by which clergymen (and, later, anybody who could read) could claim that they were outside the jurisdiction of the secular courts and be tried instead in an ecclesiastical court under canon law.

日本語の意味

法律上の制度であり、歴史的に聖職者（後には読み書きのできる者も含む）が、世俗裁判所の管轄を逃れて、教会法に基づく教会裁判所で裁かれる権利（聖職者特権）を主張できたもの

In the 16th century, many accused men attempted to claim the benefit of clergy to be tried by an ecclesiastical court rather than face secular justice.

16世紀には、多くの被告が聖職者が世俗裁判の管轄から除外され、代わりに教会裁判で裁かれるという特権を主張しようとした。

意味（1）

(UK, law, historical) A legal provision by which clergymen (and, later, anybody who could read) could claim that they were outside the jurisdiction of the secular courts and be tried instead in an ecclesiastical court under canon law.

It will be seen that what the defenders of Dali are claiming is a kind of benefit of clergy. That artist is to be exempt from the moral laws that are binding on ordinary people.