VITIUM CLERICI
\vˈɪti͡əm klˈɛɹɪsˌa͡ɪ], \vˈɪtiəm klˈɛɹɪsˌaɪ], \v_ˈɪ_t_iə_m k_l_ˈɛ_ɹ_ɪ_s_ˌaɪ]\
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In old English law. The mistake of a clerk; a clerical error.. Vitium clerici nocere non debet. Jenk. Cent 23. A clerical error ought not to hurt Vitium est quod fugi debet, nisi, ra- tionem non invenias, moi legem sine ratione esse clames. Ellesm. Post. N. 86. It is a fault which ought to be avoided, that if you cannot discover the reason you should presently exclaim that the law is without reason.
By Henry Campbell Black
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Elizabeth Sara Sheppard
- An English novelist; born at Blackheath, 1830; died Brixton, March 13, 1862. She wrote noted "Charles Auchester"(1853), mystical art novel; "Counterparts, or the Cross of Love"(1854); "My First Season"(1855); "The Double Coronet"(1856); "Rumor", a musical and artistic novel(1858).