Assertion: interdict | /r/HasProperty | laid
Facets:
value: for seemed arbitrary or frivolous causes
type: CAUSE
Source sentences:
text: The chronicler Roger of Wendover claimed that John reacted furiously to the bishops' ‘tearful’ entreaties to yield to the pope, allegedly uttering blasphemous oaths against the pope and cardinals and threatening to expel all clergy from England, confiscate their property, and send all Roman and papal clerks back to the curia with their eyes torn out and noses slit if the interdict were laid.
text: Some interdicts were laid for what seemed arbitrary or frivolous causes (xxvii, xxxvi); these usually arose from jealous disputes among clergy.