Clarendon
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CLARENDON. The constitutions of Clarendon were certain statutes made in the reign of Henry H., of England, in a parliament holden at Clarendon, by which the king checked the power of the pope and his clergy. 4 Bl. Com. 415.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier. Published 1856.