单词 | lord of parliament |
释义 | > as lemmasLord of Parliament Lord of Parliament n. (a) Scottish (the title of) any of the major barons entitled to attend the pre-Union Scottish parliament and from the mid 14th cent. forming the lowest rank of the peerage (now chiefly historical) (b) British a member of the House of Lords (see note at sense A. 11a). ΚΠ 1428 in Rec. Parl. Scotl. to 1707 (2007) 1428/3/3 All bischoppis, abbotis, prioris, dukis, erlis, lordis of parliament and banrentis, the quhilkis the king wil be reservit and summonde to consaillis and to parliamentis be his special precep. 1500 Traduction & Mariage Princesse (Pynson) sig. aivv The bisshoppis of his prouynce and greate abbottis lordes of the parlyament shulde..gyue their attendaunce upon hym. 1562–3 Act 5 Elizabeth I c. 5 §13 in Statutes of Realm (1963) IV. i. 424 Any person or persons being of the Degree of a Lorde of Parleament. 1628 E. Coke 1st Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. ii. x. f. 109 Parliament is the highest and most honourable and absolute Court of Justice of England consisting of the King, the Lords of Parliament, and the Commons. 1710 J. Spotiswood Law conc. Election Members for Scotl. i. 3 Every Lord of Parliament, either Spiritual, as Arch Bishops and Bishops, or Temporal, as Dukes, Marquesses, Earls, Viscounts and Barons. 1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. ii. 168 Every peer..may make another lord of parliament his proxy, to vote for him in his absence. 1831 P. F. Tytler Hist. Scotl. IV. ii. 306 Raising the Barons of Drummond, Crichton of Sanquhar, Hay, and Ruthven, to the dignity and privileges of lords of parliament. 1882 Jrnl. Jurispr. 26 4 There is no reason for supposing that a Lord of Parliament was ever made in Scotland without a charter, or, after the union of the crowns, a patent. 1983 United Press Internat. Newswire (Nexis) 6 Oct. No lord of Parliament may be imprisoned or restrained, except on a criminal charge, while Parliament is sitting. 2013 Herald (Glasgow) 20 May 20 Lord Reay was also one of only two Lords of Parliament..to sit in the House of Lords this century. < as lemmas |
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