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Woolsack

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

Woolsack, the seat of the Lord Chancellor in the House of Lords. When, in the reign of Elizabeth, an Act of Parliament was passed to prevent the exportation of wool, to keep in mind this source of our national wealth, woolsacks were placed in the House of Lords, whereon the judges sat

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