Steward
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
Jn English law. A-court instituted for the trial, during the recess of parlinment, of peers indicted for treason or felony, or for niisprision of either. This court is not a permanent body, but is created in modern times, when occasion requires, and for the time being, only; and the lord high steward, so constituted, with such of the temporal lords as may take the proper oath, and act, constitute the court. COURT OF THE LORD HIGH