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Home Dictionary Name: lord lieutenantLord Lieutenant of a County
Lord Lieutenant of a County, an officer of great distinction, appointed by the Crown for the managing of the standing militia of the county, and all military mattes therein. Lords lieutenant are supposed to have been introduced about the reign of Henry VIII., for they are mentioned as known offices in the 4 & 5 Ph. & M. c. 3, though they had not been long in use; for Camden speaks of them in the time of Queen Elizabeth as extraordinary magistrates, constituted only in times of difficulty and danger. They are generally of the principal nobility, and of the best interest in the county; they are to form the militia in case of a rebellion, etc., and march at the head of them, as the Crown shall direct. They have the power of presenting to the sovereign the names of deputy-lieutenants, who are to be selected from the best gentry in the county, and act in the absence of the Lord Lieutenant. Their jurisdiction and privileges in relation to the militia, yeomanry, and volunteers reverted to her...
Lord Lieutenant
Lord Lieutenant, formerly the chief governor or viceroy of Ireland. See IRELAND....
Deputy Lieutenant
Deputy Lieutenant, the deputy of a lord lieutenant of a county. Each lord lieutenant has several deputies....
Yeomanry cavairy
Yeomanry cavairy, a denomination given to those troops of horse which were levied among the gentlemen and yeomen of the country, upon the same principle as the Volunteer companies. See the National Defence Act, 1888 (51 & 52 Vict. c. 31); and the Militia and Yeomanry Act, 1901 (1 Edw. 7), s. 14. As to the former powers of the lords lieutenant of counties in reference to this force, see title LORD LIEUTENANT. The units composing the force were transferred to the Territorial Force by the Territorial Army and Militia Act, 1921 (11 & 12 Geo. 5, c. 37). See TERRITORIAL ARMY....
Roman Catholics
Roman Catholics. Very severe laws, commonly called the penal laws, were passed against Roman Catholics, generally under the name of Papists (see that title), after the Reformation, an Act of Elizabeth, for instance, 13 Eliz. c. 2, punishing with the penalties of a pr'munire (see that title) any person bringing into this country any Agnus Dei, cross, picture, etc., from Rome; an Act of James, 3 Jac. 1, c. 5, penalizing the sale or purchase of Popish primers; and an Act of William and Mary (11 & 12 Wm. 3, c. 4), punishing any Papist assuming the education of youth with imprisonment for life. Exclusion from Parliament was effected by the requirement of the Declaration against Trans-ubstantiation (see TRANSUBSTANT- IATION) from members of either House by 30 Car. 2, s. 2, and disfranchisement by the requirements of the Oath of Supremacy by 7 & 8 Wm. 3, c. 27, s. 19; while 7 & 8 Wm. 3, c. 24, effected (until 1791) exclusion from the profession of barrister, attorney, or solicitor by requirin...
Bounty of Queen Anne
Bounty of Queen Anne, given by royal charter, which was confirmed by Queen Anne (2 Anne, c. 11), whereby all the revenue of first-fruits and tenths (see those titles) which belonged to the English Crown was transferred by Queen Anne to trustees for ever, called 'Governors,' to form a perpetual fund for the augmentation of the maintenance of the poor clergy. After the appropriation of the revenue arising from the payment of first-fruits and tenths to the augmentation of small livings, it was considered a proper extension of this principle to exempt the smaller livings from the incumbrance of those demands; and, for that end, the bishops of each diocese were directed to inquire and certify into the Exchequer what livings did not exceed 50l. a year, according to the improved value at that time; and it was further provided that such livings should be discharged from those dues in future. It has been still further regulated by subsequent statutes, especially by the Queen Anne's Bounty Act, ...
Viceroy
Viceroy, the sovereign's lord-lieutenant over a kingdom. See INDIA....
Lieutenancy
The office rank or commission of a lieutenant...
Lieutenancy, Commission of
Lieutenancy, Commission of. See COMMISSIONOF ARRAY....
Lieutenant
Lieutenant [fr. lieu, Fr., a place, and tenant, holding], a deputy 'locum tenens; one who acts by vicarious authority; a naval and military rank....
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