Blacks Law Dict. 1st ed

LORD PRIVY SEAL

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LOQUELA

LORD IN GROSS. In feudal law. He who is lord, not by reason of any manor, but as the king in respect of his crown, etc. "Very lord" is he who is immediate lord to his tenant; and "very tenant," he who holds immediately of that lord. So that, where there is lord paramount, lord mesne, and ten ant, the lord paramount is not very lord to the tenant. Wharton. LORD JUSTICE CLERK, judicial officer in Scotland. The second LORD KEEPER, or keeper of the great seal, was originally another name for the lord chancellor. After Henry II.'s reign they were sometimes divided, but now there can not be a lord chancellor and lord keeper at the same time, for by St. 5 Eliz. c. 18, they are declared to be the same office. Com. Dig. "Chancery," B. 1. LORD LIEUTENANT. In English law. The viceroy of the crown in Ireland. The principal military officer of a county, originally appointed for the purpose of mus tering the inhabitants for the defense of the country. LORD MAYOR. The chief officer of the corporation of the city of London is so called. The origin of the appellation of "lord," which the mayor of London enjoys, is attributed to the fourth charter of Edward III., which conferred on that officer the honor of having maces, the same as royal, carried before him by the Serjeants. Pull. Laws & Cust. Lond. LORD MAYOR'S COURT. In En glish law. This is a court of record, of law and equity, and is the chief court of justice within the corporation of London. Theo retically the lord mayor and aldermen are supposed to preside, but the recorder is in fact the acting judge. It has jurisdiction of all personal and mixed actions arising with in the city and liberties without regard to the amount in controversy. See 3 Steph. Comm. 449, note I. LORD OF A MANOR. The grantee or owner of a manor. LORD ORDINARY is the judge of the court of session in Scotland, who officiates for the time being as the judge of first in stance. Darl. Pr. Ct. Sess. LORD PRIVY SEAL, before the 30 Hen. VIII., was generally an ecclesiastic. The office has since been usually conferred on temporal peers above the degree of barons. He is appointed by letters patent. The lord

LOQUELA. Lat. A colloquy; talk. In old English law, this term denoted the oral altercations of the parties to a sait, which led to the issue now called the "pleadings." It also designated an "imparlance," (q. v.,) both names evidently referring to the talking to gether of the parties. Loquela sine die, a postponement to an indefinite time. Loquendum ut vulgus; sentiendum ut docti. We must speak as the common peo ple; we must think as the learned. 7 Coke, 116. This maxim expresses the rule that, when words are used in a technical sense, they must be understood technically; other wise, when they may be supposed to be used in their ordinary acceptation. LORD. In English law. A title of honor or nobility belonging properly to the degree of baron, but applied also to the whole peerage, as in the expression "the house of lords." 1 Bl. Comm. 396-400. A title of office, as lord mayor, lord com missioner, etc. In feudal law. A feudal superior or pro prietor; one of whom a fee or estate is held. LORD ADVOCATE. The chief public prosecutor of Scotland. 2 Alis. Crim. Pr. 84. LORD AND VASSAL. In the feudal system, the grantor, who retained the domin ion or ultimate property, was called the "lord," and the grantee, who had only the use or possession, was called the "vassal" or "feudatory." LORD CHIEF BARON. The chief judge of the English court of exchequer, prior to the judicature acts. LORD CHIEF JUSTICE. See Jus See LORD HIGH CHANCELLOR. CHANGELLOB, THE LORD HIGH. LORD HIGH STEWARD. In Eng land, when a person is impeached, or when a peer is tried on indictment for treason or felony before the house of lords, one of the lords is appointed lord high steward, and acts as speaker pro tempore. Sweet. LORD HIGH TREASURER. An offi cer formerly existing in England, who had the charge of the royal revenues and customs duties, and ot leasing the crown lands. His functions are now vested in the lords com missioners of the treasury. Mozley & Whit ltjr.

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