Duke
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
[Lat. dux, from ducere, to lead.] The first title of dignity in Great Britain, after the royal family.
1 Bl. Com. 397. 3 Steph. Com. 1, 2.
Camden Brit. tit.
Ordines.
Derived from the Latin dux, the leader of an army, which duke itself originally signified.
Crabb's Hist. 236.
See Dux.
See Dux.