Lord

1.

A feudal superior; one of whom an estate was held. He was a lord paramount or a lord paravail. l Aege lord was contradistinguished from " liege man." Landlord was originally used in this sense.

See Feud. 3.

In England, a title of nobility, belonging, strictly, to the degree of a baron, but applied to the' whole peerage.^ Lords spiritual. A constituent part of parliament, being two archbishops and twenty-four bishops.^ Lords temporal. All the peers of the realm, by whatever title distinguished, and forming another constituent part of parliament.^ House of lorqis. The branch of parliament consisting of the lords spiritual and the lords temporal.

See Parliament.

3.

A title bestowed upon persons occupying certain high ofi Sces.

Lord advocate

The principal proseout-_ ing of Bcer employed on behalf of the crown. See Advocate. Lord chancellor. The presiding judge in the court of chancery. See Chancel-