Law Lords

plural noun

1. (in Britain) members of the House of Lords who sit as the highest court of appeal, although in theory the full House of Lords has this role

Example Sentences

To one who understands the cause as I do, nothing could appear more scandalous than the pleadings of the two law lords.

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He had instituted the Court of Session, the "Feifteen," the law lords in their grave if short-lived dignity.

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As I told the Premier t' other day, Providence always takes care that these law lords have rarely successors.

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On that occasion there was a difference of opinion among the law lords themselves.

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The hearing is before three or more law lords, who may call in nautical assessors in admiralty cases (acts of 1893 and 1894).

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