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More than 5000 entries on the history, culture and life of Britain (published in 1993 by Macmillan, now out of print)
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Law Lords
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The common term for the Lords of Appeal in Ordinary, *life peers who since 1876 have been appointed to provide the judicial functions of the House of *Lords as the nation's final court of appeal. Originally only four, their numbers have steadily increased over the years (to nine in the early 1990s).
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