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Definition of Lords of Session in English: Lords of Sessionplural noun (in Scotland) the judges of the Court of Session. Example sentencesExamples - When Sir Alexander Gibson was made a Lord of Session in 1621, he took the title of Lord Durie.
- The Lords of Session set themselves up as the ultimate arbitrators in matters affecting the feudal courts as well.
- The first viscount was a Lord of Session in 1629, one of the judges of the Scottish Court of Session, or High Court.
- His son Robert, president of the Lords of Session, and grandson, John, were both executed by the Covenanters for their support of Montrose and the royalist cause.
- He held the office of a Lord of Session between 1661 and 1664.
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