Nobility
Legal definition for Indian law research
Definition
Nobility, a division of the people, comprehending dukes, marquesses, earls, viscounts, and barons. These had anciently duties annexed to their respective honours; they are created either by writ, i.e., by royal summons to attend the house of peers, or by letters-patent, i.e., by royal grant of any dignity and degree of peerage.
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