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Peers of fees

Peers of fees, vassals or tenants of the same lord, who were obliged to serve and attend him in

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Scots Peers

Scots Peers, peers of the kingdom of Scotland; of these, sixteen are elected by the rest and represent the whole

Pere

A peer

Peerless

Having no peer or equal matchless superlative

Overpeer

To peer over to rise above

High Steward, Court of the Lord

High Steward, Court of the Lord, a tribunal instituted for the trial of peers or peeresses indicted for treason or felony, or for misprision of either, but not for any other offence.

Felony

singly; that the prisoner on conviction for felony has a right to be heard before judgment; and that peers accused of felony are entitled to be tried by their peers (Earl Russell's case, 1901 AC 446). Lord

House of Lords

Law Dictionary, 7th Edn. The lords temporal are dukes, marquises, earls, viscounts, and barons. The number of British peerages of different ranks has been greatly augmented from time to time, and there is no limitation to the

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