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Peerdom
Peerage also a lordship
A vinculo matrimonii
and maledicta expositio qu' corrumpit textum (an exposition which corrupts the text is bad). [4 Rep. 35; Sussex Peerage Case, (1844) 11 Cl & F 143.] This maxim directs the construction to be put upon Acts of
Earl
and the German Graf. The title originated with the Saxons, and is the most ancient of the English peerage. William the Conqueror first made it hereditary. An earl has an hereditary seat in the House of Lords.
Nobility
attend the house of peers, or by letters-patent, i.e., by royal grant of any dignity and degree of peerage.
Speaker of the House of Commons
provided with a furnished residence. At the end of his official labours he is usually rewarded by a peerage. As to the powers and duties of a Deputy Speaker, see 18 & 19 Vict. c. 25 and
Preamble
as it were a key to open the understanding thereof, 1 Inst. 79 a; and see the Sussex Peerage Case, (1844) 11 Cl&F 143; Winn v. Mossman, (1869) LR 4 Ex 299; Maxwell on Statutes; Hardcastle on
Peeress
Peeress. Women may acquire peerages by creation (as the Baroness Burdett Coutts), descent (as where a peerage goes in the female as well
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