Law Lords

British  

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

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Example Sentences

For centuries, the highest court in the land was a committee of twelve peers, the Law Lords, who sat in Parliament and were part of the legislature.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 24, 2019

The panel of 11 justices is the largest ever assembled for a single case since the Law Lords were created in 1876.

From The Guardian • Dec. 5, 2016

Tony Bland became the final victim to die in 1993 when the Law Lords ruled that life support could be withdrawn after he spent almost four years in a persistent vegetative state.

From BBC • Jan. 5, 2016

She was the first woman to be appointed to the Law Lords in 2004.

From BBC • Jan. 27, 2011

The above slight sketch of the penal law of New Zealand I present and dedicate to the Law Lords of England; as it might, perhaps, afford some hints for a reform in our own.

From Old New Zealand: being Incidents of Native Customs and Character in the Old Times by 'A Pakeha Maori'