单词 | lord justice of the realm |
释义 | > as lemmasLord Justice of the Realm 3. In full Lord Justice of the Realm. (The title of) a member of a body entrusted with viceregal authority during the British monarch's absence. Now historical. ΚΠ 1695 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) III. 515 The lords justices, considering the unseasonablenesse of the weather, have..prohibited the exportation of corn. 1726 N. Amhurst Terræ-filius (ed. 2) I. 27 Which sermon the Lords-justices of the realm (in the King's absence) order'd the vice-chancellor to prosecute according to the statute. 1847 J. MacGregor Commerc. Statistics III. xv. xxiii. 760 The governor..received a reprimand from the lords justices, the king being absent, for consenting to the duty on English goods. 1936 J. Beresford Storm & Peace i. 14 He was not only an influential member of the Government as the Lord Steward of the Household, but one of the Lords Justices of the Realm during the absence of the King in Hanover. 1991 Huntington Libr. Q. 54 61 At last, in April 1697, William restored Sunderland to the privy council,..and named him a lord justice of the realm. < as lemmas |
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