| 单词 | lords of the seat |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslords of the seat c. Scottish. (More fully seat of session.) The Court of Session, the supreme Civil Court of Scotland; esp. in lords of the seat. ΚΠ a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 40 Sum sanis the Sait, and sum thame cursis. 1532 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1905) VI. 59 To charge him to compere before the lordis of the sait to ansuer [etc.]. 1545 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 5 Becaus of the fere of the pest that is laytlie risyn in the toun of Edinburcht, the seite of Sessioun may nocht surelie remaine thairin. 1574 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1878) 1st Ser. II. 378 For the administratioun of justice upon offendouris,..in the north partis..far distant frome the ordinar sait of justice. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian iv, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. I. 106 ‘Is he a lord of state, or a lord of seat?’... ‘A lord of seat—a lord of session.—I fash mysell little wi' lords o' state.’ < as lemmas |
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