Lord
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
In Feudal Law. The superior of whom land is held by feudal tenure. In English Law. A title belonging to the degree of baron, but sometimes applied to all persons of nobility.
1 Bl. Comm. 396.