law lord

English

Noun

law lord (plural law lords)

  1. (historical) One of the Lords of Appeal in Ordinary, a group of judges appointed under the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 to the British House of Lords in order to exercise its judicial function.
  2. (Scotland) A judge of the Court of Session.

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