Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The presiding officer of the House of Lords.
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- noun the highest officer of the Crown who is head of the judiciary and who presides in the House of Lords
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One of the charges leveled by St Thomas Moore's detractors was that, as Lord Chancellor, he was too quick to impose the death penalty.
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First off is Lord Falconer, friend of Tony, and Lord Chancellor, who has warned that Scottish independence will splinter the UK.
Weekend madness 2007
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Catholics which appear to be still in force are those which prohibit the sovereign from being or marrying a Catholic, or any Catholic subject from holding the offices of Lord Chancellor or Lord
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913
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Sir Richard Cox, [12] they say, is sure of going over Lord Chancellor, who is as arrant a puppy as ever ate bread: but the Duke of Ormond has a natural affection to puppies; which is a thousand pities, being none himself.
The Journal to Stella Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745 1901
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Of such minds we may well find a type in Bacon, who so often gave James I. occasion to remark jocularly in the Council Chamber of his Lord Chancellor, _De minimis non curât lex_.
Impressions and Comments Havelock Ellis 1899
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This decision of the Lord Chancellor had taken it from the Channing family for ever.
The Channings Henry Wood 1850
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Sir Richard Cox, [12] they say, is sure of going over Lord Chancellor, who is as arrant a puppy as ever ate bread: but the Duke of Ormond has a natural affection to puppies; which is a thousand pities, being none himself.
The Journal to Stella Jonathan Swift 1706
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Now, in an interview with The Church of England Newspaper, Lord Falconer, the Lord Chancellor under Tony Blair, has questioned the Archbishop's stance on assisted suicide.
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Jack Straw, 62, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice
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Thomas More Law Center is named after Sir Thomas More, Lord Chancellor for Henry VIII.
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