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Justiciary Court
Justiciary Court (Scotland). The High Court of Justiciary is the supreme criminal court in Scotland. It was established in 1672, and consisted of the lord justice general, the lord justice clerk, and five of the lords of Session. From 1887 all lords of Session have been lords commissioners of... Read more |
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Lord Chamberlain
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day of the Lord
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lord chief justice
lord chief justice. The second highest post in the judicial ranking. Since the days of Sir Edward Coke, the chief justice of King's Bench has informally used the title of lord chief justice. It is only since 1875 that it has been the statutory title of the president of the Queen's Bench Division... Read more |
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Lord David Cecil
Lord David Cecil (Lord Edward Christian David Gascoyne Cecil), 1902-86, English biographer. He was professor of English literature at Oxford (1948-70). Cecil's works are all distinguished for their artistry as well as for their sound scholarship. His masterpiece is his life of Lord Melbourne ,... Read more |
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lord advocate
lord advocate. The post dates from the 15th cent. when the lord advocate quickly became a prominent officer of the Scottish crown. He had a legal and political role, becoming public prosecutor with a seat in Parliament. From 1746 the lord advocate was largely responsible for the management of the... Read more |
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villein
villein [O.Fr.,=village dweller], peasant under the manorial system of medieval Western Europe. The term applies especially to serfs in England, where by the 13th cent. the entire unfree peasant population came to be called villein. The localism of medieval economy has made a general definition... Read more |
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Audre Lorde
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