Nobility
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
A division of the civil state, comprising persons exalted to some title or dignity. It is the opposite of "commonalty," and in England includes dukes, marquises, earls, viscounts, and barons.
1 Bl. Comm. 396.
NOCENT (from Lat. "nocere"). Guilty. "The nocent person."
1 Vern. 429.