Temporal Lords

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

The peers of England; the bishops are not in strictness held to be peers, but merely lords of parliament. 2 Steph. Comm. 330, 345. TEMPORALIS ACTIO (Lat.) An action which could only be brought within a certain period. TEMPORALIS EXCEPTIO (Lat.) A tern-. porary exception which barred an action for a time only. TEMPORALITIES (Law Lat. tempore^ lia). Revenues, lands, tenements, and lay fees which bishops have from livery of the king, and in virtue of which they sit in parliament. 1 Rolle, Abr. 881.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

English peers not connected with the church. Temporalis actio. An action which must be brought within a limited time, if at all.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

See Peers; Parlia- See Estate in Common; Curtesy; Estate ment. by the Curtesy; Dower; Fee-Simple; Fee-

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

The peers of England ; the bishops are not in strictness held to be peers, but merely lords of parliament 2 Steph. Comm. 330, 345.