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American House of Lords
The press has sometimes compared the U.S. Senate to the House of Lords, the upper chamber of the British Parliament. But senators actually have far greater power than the Lords ...
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World Encyclopedia
... of Lords Upper House of the British Parliament . In its legislative capacity, the Lords is completely subordinate to the House of Commons . The Parliament Acts of 1911 and 1949 checked virtually all its power, except to delay passage of a bill for one year. Members of the House of Lords include the Lords Spiritual (26 archbishops and bishops), Lords Temporal ( c. 1,000 hereditary and life peers) and the Lords of Appeal (Law Lords). In 1999 , the number of hereditary peers was reduced to 92 as a first step in the major reform of the House. The House ...
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Jonathan Bradbury
A Concise Oxford Dictionary of Politics and International Relations (4 ed.)
...paper which fleshed out these two options in a House of Lords with around 450 members, elected for terms of between 12 and 15 years. The political authority of the House of Lords rests upon its historic role in the constitution. However, without a popular mandate, its legislative power has long been secondary to that of the House of Commons. Whilst it initiates some private member ’s and public bills , the bulk of government legislation, and all the most important, is initiated in the House of Commons. The Lords have little power to block a determined...
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A Dictionary of World History (3 ed.)
...the crown and the House of Commons by the Glorious Revolution ( 1688–89 ). Following the 1832 Reform Act , its influence gradually declined as that of the House of Commons increased. The Parliament Act of 1911 reduced the Lords’ powers to a “suspensory veto” of two years (further reduced to one year in 1949 ). By it bills can be delayed, but if passed again by the Commons, become law. The House of Lords has no power to revise or delay money bills. It still performs several useful parliamentary roles. These include the revision of bills from the...
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The New Oxford Companion to Law
... of Lords The House of Lords is the second chamber of the United Kingdom Parliament. It is composed of Lords Spiritual and Lords Temporal, as it has been since it became a separate chamber from the House of Commons some 700 years ago. The Lords Spiritual are now the two Archbishops (of Canterbury and York), the Bishops of London, Durham, and Winchester, and the twenty‐one other most senior diocesan bishops in the Church of England , with seniority measured from the date of an individual bishop's first appointment to any diocesan see. The Lords Temporal...
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A Dictionary of British History (3 ed.)
...Jurisdiction Act of the modern judicial powers and practice of the House. These included salaried ‘lords of appeal in ordinary’, who were to hold peerages only during their terms of office. A further Act of 1887 allowed the lords of appeal to retain their peerages for life. Over the years the powers of the House of Lords vis‐à‐vis the House of Commons have been severely curtailed. This process probably began in 1407 when Henry IV agreed that money grants were to be initiated in the Commons. The rejection by the Lords of the Finance Bill in ...
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The Oxford Companion to Irish History (2 ed.)
...of bills . The restoration after 1782 of the appellate jurisdiction taken away by the Declaratory Act contributed to the increase in the standing of the Lords in the final two decades of the 18th century, though it would be an exaggeration to claim that this signalled the commencement of a new vital era. The House of Lords journals and standing orders amply attest to the efforts of members to maintain the dignity of the upper house. But, in practice, the real power and influence of Irish peers rested in their ability to influence the returns to the House...
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A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (2 ed.)
... of Lords The second chamber of Parliament (also known as the Upper House ), which scrutinizes legislation. Under the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 the law lords were removed from the legislature to a new Supreme Court , which began sitting at the end of 2009 . Under the same Act the judicial functions of the Lord Chancellor were transferred to the Lord Chief Justice . See also supreme court...
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A Dictionary of Law (10 ed.)
... of Lords The second chamber of Parliament (also known as the Upper House ), which scrutinizes legislation and formerly exercised judicial functions. The House of Lords Act 1999 substantially changed the constitution of the House by excluding hereditary peers from a place in the House as of right, although for a transitional period 92 were allowed to remain on merit. Of these, 75 were elected by their own political party or by cross-bench (usually non-party-political) groups. A further 15 hereditary peers were elected to act as Deputy Speakers or...
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The Oxford Companion to the High Court of Australia
... of Lords . The House of Lords is both the upper house of the British Parliament and the highest court of appeal in the UK. Further putting the lie to Montesquieu's description of the separation of powers in the British Constitution, the presiding officer in the House of Lords is the Lord Chancellor, who is not only also the senior judge in the kingdom, but a member of Cabinet as well. While the judicial practice of the Lords is of recent development, the judicial authority of the House is shrouded in the mists of history. There are records of Parliament...
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Clyve Jones
The Oxford Companion to British History (2 ed.)
...of the second chamber or would add to the already swollen influence of the government of the day. Clyve Jones Graves, M. A. R. , The House of Lords in the Parliaments of Edward VI and Mary I: An Institutional Study (Cambridge, 1981); Jones, C. (ed.), A Pillar of the Constitution: The House of Lords in British Politics, 1640–1784 (1989); Jones, C. , and Jones, D. L. (eds.), Peers, Politics and Power: The House of Lords, 1603–1911 (1986); Powell, J. E. , and Wallis, K. , The House of Lords in the Middle Ages: A History of the English House of Lords to...
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Oxford Reader's Companion to Trollope
...time. Indeed most of the prime ministers and cabinet ministers during Trollope 's lifetime sat there. Most of them, however, had previously sat in the House of Commons. Several of them, like the Duke of Omnium, regretted ‘the golden inanity of the coronet which in the very prime of life had expelled him from the House of Commons’ ( PM XLII). Having challenged the Commons in 1832 over the First Reform Act and then backed down under the threat of dilution by the mass creation of compliant peers (the Crown's right), the House of Lords enjoyed generally...
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Oxford Dictionary of Humorous Quotations (5 ed.)
...House of Lords House of Lords The difference between the House of Commons and the House of Lords is the difference between a newly poured glass of champagne and one that has stood for five days. Clement Attlee 1883 – 1967 British Labour statesman : James Nelson Wisdom for Our Timel (1961) newly poured glass of champagne one that has stood for five days The British House of Lords is the British Outer Mongolia for retired politicians. Tony Benn 1925 – 2014 British Labour politician : in Observer 4 February 1962 British Outer ...
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Australian Law Dictionary (3 ed.)
...House of Lords (UK) The Upper House of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Its appellate jurisdiction was abolished by the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (UK). The Act also modified the office of Lord Chancellor, changed the jurisdiction of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council and removed the right of the Lord President of the Council to sit judicially. In Parker v The Queen ( 1963 ) 111 CLR 610 the High Court of Australia decided that it would no longer ‘follow decisions of the House of Lords, at the expense of our own opinions and cases...
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The Oxford Companion to Local and Family History (2 ed.)
... of Lords Journals Records of the proceedings of the House of Lords, including the receiving of petitions and the passage of bills. They give no clue to the tenor of debates. The Journals have been published from 1509 . They are also available online. The passage of public and private bills can be followed from the indexes. https://www.british-history.ac.uk/search/series/lords-jrnl House of Lords Journals...
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The Oxford Guide to the United States Government
...House of Lords” The press has sometimes compared the U.S. Senate to the House of Lords, the upper chamber of the British Parliament. But senators actually have far greater power than the Lords and are much more involved in legislation. The term “House of Lords” has also been used to suggest the special privileges and “lordly” behavior of the Senate. See also “Millionaires'...
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The Oxford Dictionary of Local and Family History
... of Lords Journals . Records of the proceedings of the House of Lords, including the receiving of petitions and the passage of bills. They give no clue to the tenor of debates. The Journals have been published from 1510 . The passage of public and private bills can be followed from the...
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The Oxford Companion to the Book
... of Lords Library The library was established in 1826 ; after the fire that destroyed Westminster Palace in 1834 , however, it remained closed until 1848 , since which time it has been in continuous operation. It serves Peers and their staffs through its support to the judicial, legislative, and deliberative work of the Upper Chamber. Containing more than 74,000 volumes, the library is particularly rich in legal and historical works. Beatrice Fannon C. Dobson , The Library of the House of Lords ...
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The New Oxford Companion to Law
... of Lords reform The curious composition of the House of Lords has long made it a target for reformers. By the twentieth century it was one of just two parliamentary second chambers in advanced democracies to have no elected members—the other being the Canadian Senate. Despite numerous reform schemes being proposed, wholesale change has always proved elusive. Nonetheless, the chamber has developed gradually through a series of piecemeal steps. Each reform to date has been seen as insufficient and temporary, intended as a stopgap until more comprehensive...
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A Dictionary of Law (10 ed.)
... of Lords Appointments Commission A body that recommends people for appointment as non-party-political life peers and vets all nominations for membership of the House of Lords. Set up by the Government following the House of Lords Act 1999, which modernizes the Lords, the Commission is an independent non-departmental public body staffed by civil...
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A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (2 ed.)
... of Lords Appointments Commission A body that recommends people for appointment as non‐party‐political life peers and vets all nominations for membership of the House of Lords . Set up by the Government following the House of Lords Act 1999 , which modernizes the Lords, the Commission is an independent non‐departmental public body staffed by civil...
