The Encyclopædia Britannica: Lord Chamberlain-MecklenbergHugh Chisholm At the University Press, 1911 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... appointed to this trust exercised any functions at all when the king was at home , or in his absence exercised supreme judicial authority to the exclusion of other high officers of the court . The office became permanent in the reign of ...
... appointed to this trust exercised any functions at all when the king was at home , or in his absence exercised supreme judicial authority to the exclusion of other high officers of the court . The office became permanent in the reign of ...
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... appointed to be kept for all public acts , and in this department the lord chancellor's authority extends to the whole of Britain , and thus the commissions of the peace for Scotland as well as England issue from him . As an ...
... appointed to be kept for all public acts , and in this department the lord chancellor's authority extends to the whole of Britain , and thus the commissions of the peace for Scotland as well as England issue from him . As an ...
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... appointed his young son Thomas , afterwards duke of Clarence , to the office of steward . Clarence held the office until his death . He himself never acted as judge in parliament ; but in 1415 he was appointed to preside at the judgment ...
... appointed his young son Thomas , afterwards duke of Clarence , to the office of steward . Clarence held the office until his death . He himself never acted as judge in parliament ; but in 1415 he was appointed to preside at the judgment ...
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... appointed merely by delivery of the seal , and not , like from the middle of the reign of Henry III . he became one of the chancellor , by patent . His status was definitely fixed ( in the the chief officers of the crown . He took an ...
... appointed merely by delivery of the seal , and not , like from the middle of the reign of Henry III . he became one of the chancellor , by patent . His status was definitely fixed ( in the the chief officers of the crown . He took an ...
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... appointed from the Irish bench or bar and one from Scotland . Their salary is £ 6000 a year . They hold office on the same conditions as other judges . By the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 , under which they are appointed , lords of ...
... appointed from the Irish bench or bar and one from Scotland . Their salary is £ 6000 a year . They hold office on the same conditions as other judges . By the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 , under which they are appointed , lords of ...
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