Lordship

Dominion, manor, seigniory, domain; also a title of honor used to a nobleman not being a duke. It is sllso the customary titulary appellation of the judges and some other persons in authority and office. Wharton.

In old English law. A seigniory; the domain or estate of a lord; a title of honor applied to a nobleman, not a duke; to judges, and some other persons in authority.

In English law. Dominion, manor, seigniory, domain; also a title of honor used to a nobleman not being a duke. It is also the customary titulary appellation of the judges and some other persons in authority and oilice. LOss. In insurance. The injury or damage sustained by the insured in congequence of the happening of one or more of the accidents or misfortunes against which the insurer, in consideration of the premium, has undertaken to indemnify the insured. 1 Bouv. Inst. no. 1215, A loss ts total when the subject insured is wholly destroyed or reduced to an entirely worthless conyalue, or some part of it escapes. It is actual when the destruction of the thing is real and subatantial. It it venstructive when the injury, withont entire destruction, is such a3 to entitle the assured to abandon the property to the underwriter aud claim as foran actual loss. See ActoaL Totan Loss.