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Lord

Defined in 1 dictionary — Black's (1891)

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

In English law. A title honor or nobility belonging properly to degree of baron, but applied also to the peerage. as in the expression “the house lords.” 1 Bi. Comm. 396-400. A title of ofice, as lord mayor, lord missioner, ete. Tn feudal taw. A feudal superior or prictor; ons of whom a fee or estate is