Gentleman - Law Dictionary Search Results
Gen. fil
Gen. fil. (generosi filius), the son of a gentleman.
Expulsion
of their duties as members of the House, of conduct unbecoming the character of an officer and a gentleman etc., Parliamentary Practice, Erskine May, 22nd Edn., 2001, p. 141. The House of Lords has the right, although
Dominus
word, prefixed to a man's name, in ancient times, usually denoted him a knight or a clergyman, a gentleman or the lord of a manor; also a principal in the Roman Law.
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Addition
residence. In English Law, there are traditionally four kinds of additions: (1) those of estate, such as yeoman, gentleman, or esquire; (2) those of degree or (dignity), such as Knight, baron, earl, marquis. Addition includes reconstruction, Raichurmathan
Sir
A man of social authority and dignity a lord a master a gentleman in this sense usually spelled sire
VerbarSentildeor
A Spanish title of courtesy corresponding to the English Mr or Sir also a gentleman
Mistres
Mistres, the proper style of the wife of an esquire or a gentleman
Milord
Lit my lord hence as used on the Continent an English nobleman or gentleman
Old gentlemanly
Pertaining to an old gentleman or like one
Liberal
Free by birth hence befitting a freeman or gentleman refined noble independent free not servile or mean as a liberal ancestry a liberal spirit liberal arts or
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