Lords Commissioners
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
The persons charged with the duties of a high public office which has been put into commission in lieu of being devolved upon an individual officer. See Commissioners.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
In English law. When a high public office in the state, formerly executed by an individual, is put into commission, the persons charged with the commission are called "lords commissioners," or sometimes "lords" or "commissioners" simply. Thus, we have, in lieu of the lord treasurer and lord high admiral of former times, the lords commissioners of the treasury, and the lords commissioners of the admiralty; and, whenever the great seal is put into commission, the persons charged with it are calied "commissioners" or "lords commissioners" of the great seal. Mozley & Whitley.
Defined under Lord in Black's Law Dictionary.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
In English Jaw. When a high public office in the state, formerly executed by an individual, is put into commission, the persons charged with the commission are called “lords commissioners,” or sometimes “lords” or “commissioners” simply. Thus, we have, in lieu of the lord treasurer and lord high admiral of former times, the lords commissioners of the treasury, and the lords commissioners of the admiralty; and, whenever the groat seal is put into commission, the persons charged wilh it are called “commissioners” or “lords commissioners” of the great seal. Mozley & Whitley.