Landgrave
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
In Germany, in the middle ages a graf or count entrusted with special Judicial functions, extending over a large extent of territory; later, the title of sovereign princes of the empire who inherited certain estates called land-gravates, of which they were invested by the emperor. Cent. Diet.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A name formerly given to those who executed justice on behalf of the German emperors, with regard to the internal policy of the country. It was applied, by way of eminence, to those sovereign princes of the empire who possessed by inheritance certain estates called “land-gravates,” of which they received investiture from the emperor. Ene, Lond.