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  Lord High Chancellor - LoveToKnow 1911
LORD HIGH CHANCELLOR, one of the great officers of state of the United Kingdom, and in England the highest judicial functionary.
The lord chancellor is in official rank the highest civil subject in the land outside the royal family, and takes precedence immediately after the archbishop of Canterbury.
As a great officer of state, the lord chancellor acts for both England and Scotland, and in some respects for the United Kingdom, including Ireland (where, however, an Irish lord chancellor is at the head of the legal system).
www.1911encyclopedia.org /Lord_High_Chancellor   (678 words)

  
 Wikinfo | Chancellor
The original chancellors were the cancellarii of Roman courts of justice, ushers who sat at the cancelli or lattice work screens of a basilica or law court, which separated the judge and counsel from the audience.
Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Minister with overall responsibility for the Exchequer or Treasury.
In reality the post of Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancester carries minimal work and responsibilities, so it is used in effect as a Minister without Portfolio position, often given to the chairman of the party in power to give him or her a seat at in cabinet.
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 lord definition from the Dictionary of Words Online
a titled nobleman., whether a peer of the realm or not; a bishop, as a member of the house of lords; by courtesy; the son of a duke or marquis, or the eldest son of an earl; in a restricted sense, a baron, as opposed to noblemen of higher rank.
lord high chancellor, lord high constable, etc. see chancellor, constable, etc. lord justice clerk, the second in rank of the two highest judges of the supreme court of scotland.
lord cadde i don't hesitate to declare unworthy the father-in-legal care of that elderly sport, notwithstanding the truth that cadde had renounced all the follies of youth; for, sad to relate, he'd arrived at the stage of existence that's marked by the vices of age.
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 Politics | Role of lord chancellor reprieved
Lord Falconer hopes to get the supreme court approved by agreeing that the part of the bill creating it will not be brought into force until the building which will house the court has been refurbished.
Lord Falconer, who will continue to combine his preferred title of constitutional affairs secretary with the role of lord chancellor, said the main thrust of his constitutional reform programme was more important than whether his historic title remained in place.
But the peers' amendments say any future lord chancellor should be a member of the Lords who should have held high judicial office for at least two years or been a practising lawyer for at least 12 years.
politics.guardian.co.uk /print/0,,5078276-107977,00.html   (362 words)

  
 Lord - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
In feudalism, a lord (French: seigneur) has aristocratic rank and claims dominion over a portion of land and the produce and labour of the serfs living thereon.
In the United Kingdom, the House of Lords - commonly known as "the Lords" - forms the upper house of Parliament.
Various high offices of state may carry the cachet of honorary lords: thus we find titles such as Lord High Chancellor.
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 LORD HIGH CHANCELLOR - Online Information article about LORD HIGH CHANCELLOR
Strafford the lords themselves appointed Arundel to be high steward.
But, as such an appointment was obviously convenient, the lords petitioned for a steward; and a fresh commission was accordingly issued in an amended form, which recited the petition, and omitted words implying that the appointment was necessary.
Lord Delamere was tried in 1685 in the steward's court; since then all trials of peers have taken place before the lords 'in parliament.
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 Lord High Constable - LoveToKnow 1911
LORD HIGH CONSTABLE, in England, the seventh of the great officers of state.
In feudal times martial law was administered in the court of the lord high constable.
The constableship was granted as a grand serjeanty with the earldom of Hereford by the empress Maud to Milo of Gloucester, and was carried by his heiress to the Bohuns, earls of Hereford and Essex.
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 Definition of Lord from dictionary.net
Lord justice clerk, the second in rank of the two highest judges of the Supreme Court of Scotland.
Lord keeper, an ancient officer of the English crown, who had the custody of the king's great seal, with authority to affix it to public documents.
Lord lieutenant, a representative of British royalty: the lord lieutenant of Ireland being the representative of royalty there, and exercising supreme administrative authority; the lord lieutenant of a county being a deputy to manage its military concerns, and also to nominate to the chancellor the justices of the peace for that county.
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 Lord Chancellors
Arfastus or Herefast, chaplain to the king (William the Conqueror) and bishop of Elmham, was lord chancellor in 1067.
For the medieval Parliament, the Woolsack was a symbol of the prosperity of the realm.
Lord Anthony Ashley (1621-83, later the 1st Earl of Shaftesbury), Lord Chancellor 1672-73, chancellor of the exchequer 1661-72.
www.joergs-british-autographs.de /lchb.html   (2736 words)

  
 Lord High Steward
Lord High Steward of England, not to be confused with the Lord Steward, a court functionary, is the first of the Great Officers of State.
In general, the Lord Chancellor was appointed to act as Lord High Steward in the latter situation.
High Steward was given in the 12th century to Walter Fitzalan, whose descendants became the Stewart family.
www.tudorplace.com.ar /Documents/lord_high_steward.htm   (273 words)

  
 Wikinfo | Lord
In feudalism, a lord (French: seigneur) is an aristocrat who claims dominion over a portion of land and the produce and labour of the serfs living thereon.
In the United Kingdom, the hereditary lords were until recent years automatically members of the House of Lords, the upper house of Parliament.
The title is used by senior judges: the Law Lords or "Lords of Appeal in Ordinary" who are life barons, judges of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales, who are known as "Lords Justices of Appeal" and judges of the Scottish Court of Session who are known as "Lords of Council and Session";
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 Life of Lord Chancellor Sir Constantine Phipps   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The Lords also found, on perusing the speech, which, luckily for himself the Lord Chancellor had put in writing before he spoke it to the Lord Mayor and Aldermen in Council, on January 16, 1712, that so far from its being contrary to the Protestant interest of this kingdom, it was quite conservative of it.
An Address of the High Sheriff, Justices of the Peace, Clergy, and Grand Jury of the County of Cork, was adopted at the Quarter Sessions held for that county at Bandon, July 12, 1713-14, and presented to Queen Anne by Lord Bolingbroke.
The grandson of Sir Constantine Phipps, Lord Chancellor of Ireland, was raised to the Peerage in 1767 as Baron Mulgrave, of New Ross, county of Wexford.
www.eiretek.org /chapters/books/chancellors/Chancellors35.htm   (4337 words)

  
 Britain.tv Wikipedia - Lord
In a religious concept, The Lord is a name referring to God, mainly by the Abrahamic religions (Judaism, Islam, and Christianity).
In the United Kingdom, the House of Lords – commonly known as "the Lords"?title=– forms the upper house of Parliament.
Various high offices of state may carry the cachet of honorary lords: thus we find titles such as Lord High Chancellor or Lord Mayor.
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 Bibliography, Eldon Collection, Georgetown University Law Library
The Earl of Eldon, Lord High Chancellor, andc.
A Letter to the Lord Chancellor, on the Necessity and Practicability of forming a code of the Laws of England, to Which is Annexed the New Bankrupt Law… London: J. and W.T. Clarke, 1825.
Lord Eldon is discussed in chapter 19, primarily dealing with the aftermath of the treason trials of Thomas Hardy, John Horne Tooke and others, as well as with the Great Reform Act.
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 New Catholic Dictionary: chancellor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
In the recent German Empire, the chancellor was president of the federal council and so, under the emperor, was charged with the direction of imperial affairs.
In England, the lord high chancellor is the keeper of the state seal; as the highest law officer he is the speaker of the House of Lords, a member of the cabinet, and appoints all the judges and justices of the peace, and, among other duties, supervises the interests of minors and lunatics.
Catholics are excluded from the office of lord chancellor in England, on the grounds that this dignitary is the patron of many Church of England livings, but, however, it may be held by Jews and freethinkers.
www.catholic-forum.com /saints/ncd01859.htm   (210 words)

  
 Television Point | Dictionary | Meaning of lord   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
A titled nobleman., whether a peer of the realm or not; a bishop, as a member of the House of Lords; by courtesy; the son of a duke or marquis, or the eldest son of an earl; in a restricted sense, a boron, as opposed to noblemen of higher rank.
Thou worthy lord Of that unworthy wife that greeteth thee.
Note: When Lord, in the Old Testament, is printed in small capitals, it is usually equivalent to Jehovah, and might, with more propriety, be so rendered.
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 BBC NEWS | Politics | Lord Chancellor
The Lord Chancellor is also the head of the judiciary and is in charge of the administration of the courts and the legal system.
The Lord Chancellor sits in the House of Lords and presides over its proceedings from her or his position on the woolsack.
The heavy responsibilities which the Lord Chancellor bears in the various roles as cabinet minister and head of the legal system mean that business in the Lords is frequently chaired by a Deputy Speaker.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk_politics/a-z_of_parliament/h-l/82530.stm   (154 words)

  
 Lord Irvine, LC   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The Right Honourable the Lord Irvine of Lairg was invited to become Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain by the Prime Minister, Tony Blair, on 2nd May 1997.
Lord Irvine was educated at Inverness Academy and at Hutchesons’ Boys’ Grammar School in Glasgow before Glasgow University, where he joined the Labour Party.
Lord Irvine’s title comes from the village of Lairg in the District of Sutherland in the North East of Scotland.
www.ucd.ie /law/lawinfo/bsl/irbio.html   (352 words)

  
 Hierarchy
Lord High Chancellor: The highest Minister of State in the nation and will act as the head of state in the absence of the Emperor.
Lord High Justiciar: The Head of the judicial system and represents the Emperor in the absence of both himself and the Lord High Chancellor.
Lord Captian: The commander of all the military forces of the Empire and second only to the Emperor in the military chain of command.
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 George Glazer Gallery - The Rt. Honorable Edward Earl of Clarendon, Lord High Chancellor of England and Chancellor of ...
Honorable Edward Earl of Clarendon, Lord High Chancellor of England and Chancellor of the University of Oxford Anno Dom.
Lord High Chancellor of England and Chancellor of the
Clarendon became one of Charles II's chief advisors during his exile, and became lord chancellor and earl of Clarendon after the Restoration of the monarchy in 1660.
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 Jamaica Gleaner - Privy Council function remains unaffected - Wednesday | June 18, 2003
As I am sure, the learned Attorney-General is aware of the principle of Separation of Powers as espoused by the French Jurist Montesquieu and later built upon by the English Professor AV Dicey, and of the anomaly that exists with the former office of the Lord High Chancellor and this principle.
The former Lord Chancellor was a government Minister, a judge and a lawmaker.
The creation of a new Supreme Court to replace the existing system of Law Lords operating as a committee of the House of Lords is a modern step and is in line with current trends that exist elsewhere in the world.
www.jamaica-gleaner.com /gleaner/20030618/letters/letters1.html   (399 words)

  
 WLF | A Criminal Waste of Space   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Cardinal Wolsey, chancellor to Henry VII and Henry VIII.
This has caused some griping amongst sticklers who feel that maybe, as Lord Falconer put it, "the person who appoints judges should not be a member of the executive, a member of the legislature, and involved as well as the head of the judiciary.
I was born to be Lord High Chancellor.
www.acriminalwasteofspace.com /journal_beds.asp?blogid=18   (1158 words)

  
 Lord Chancellor no longer Speaker of Lords
Baroness Helene Hayman replaces Baron Charles Leslie Falconer, the Lord Chancellor, as the chamber's speaker.
Hayman made headlines in the 1970s as a twentysomething first-term member of the lower House of Commons after she kicked off her shoes during a particularly hot day in the chamber, the Daily Telegraph reports.
Tuesday's vote for Speaker of the Lords was a result of Britain's Constitutional Reform Act of 2005, which removed the function of speaker of the House of Lords from the Lord Chancellor.
www.softcom.net /webnews/wed/bk/Ubritain-lordspeaker.RHnp_Gl5.html   (162 words)

  
 Bleak House by Charles Dickens 1
The raw afternoon is rawest, and the dense fog is densest, and the muddy streets are muddiest near that leaden-headed old obstruction, appropriate ornament for the threshold of a leaden-headed old corporation, Temple Bar.
Thus, in the midst of the mud and at the heart of the fog, sits the Lord High Chancellor in his High Court of Chancery.
The Chancellor rises; the bar rises; the prisoner is brought forward in a hurry; the man from Shropshire cries, "My lord!" Maces, bags, and purses indignantly proclaim silence and frown at the man from Shropshire.
www.classicbookshelf.com /library/charles_dickens/bleak_house/1   (1858 words)

  
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Lord Mackay was born in Edinburgh in 1927.
Lord Mackay's early life may have seemed a bit rigid.
Lord Mackay spoke of his father as a "tremendous gentleman," who had the soul
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 UK Parliament - The Law Lords
Falconer of Thoroton, L. Lord Falconer has indicated that he does not intend to participate in the judicial business of the House.
These are Lords who hold or have held high judicial office as defined by the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876.
The date in brackets is the date after which the Lord of Appeal is disqualified from participating in judicial business.
www.parliament.uk /about_lords/the_law_lords.cfm   (376 words)

  
 History of Penn Law - Medallions and Inscriptions
Sir John Scott Eldon, Lord High Chancellor of England, was born in Newcastle on June 4, 1751.
In 1788 he was appointed Solicitor-General, and in 1793 was made Attorney-General, conducting the prosecutions for high treason against Horne Tooke and other British sympathizers with French Republicanism.
Melikan, R. John Scott, Lord Eldon, 1751-1838: the Duty of Loyalty.
www.law.upenn.edu /about/history/medallions/eldon   (345 words)

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