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A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
LORDS OF. A commit tee of the Seottish parliament, which, in the mode of its election, and by the nature of its powers, was caleulated to increase the inliuence of the crown, and to confer upon iba power equivalent to that of a negative befure debate. This system appesred inconsistent with the freedom of parliament, and at the revolution the convention of estates declared if a grievance, and accordingly it was suppressed by Act 1600, c.3. Wharton.