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Lordship

Lordship, dominion, manor, seigniory, domain; also title of honour of a

Manor

remained formed the 'wastes'; the whole fee was termed a lordship or barony; and the Court appendant to the manor the

Toll

State or the local authority; by virtue of sovereignty or lordship, or in return for protection; more especially, for permission to

Speaker of the House of Lords

House, and it therefore is his duty to represent their lordship in their collective capacity, when holding intercourse with other public

Soke

Soke, a manor or lordship, Spelm. And see per Lord Chelmsford in Earl Beauchamp v.

Sodor and man, Bishopric of

a subject, who nominated the bishop, till 1829, when the lordship of the Isle of Man was purchased by the Crown

Soca

Soca, a seigniory or lordship, enfranchised by the king with liberty of holding a court

Shereffe

Shereffe, the body of the lordship of Cardiff, in South Wales, excluding the members of it,

Seigniory

Seigniory, a manor or lordship.

Quantum tenens domino ex homagio, tantum dominus tenenti ex dominio debet pr'ter solam reverentiam; mutua debet esse dominii et homagii fidelitatis connexio

to his Lord, so much is the Lord, by his Lordship, indebted to the tenant, except reverence alone; the tie of

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