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Lord :: Lord (v. i.) To play the lord; to domineer; to rule with arbitrary or despotic sway; -- sometimes with over; and sometimes with it in the manner of a transitive verb.

Marquisate :: Marquisate (n.) The seigniory, dignity, or lordship of a marquis; the territory governed by a marquis..

Black Rod :: Black Rod () the usher to the Chapter of the Garter, so called from the black rod which he carries. He is of the king's chamber, and also usher to the House of Lords..

Dispositor :: Dispositor (n.) The planet which is lord of the sign where another planet is.

Folkland :: Folkland (n.) Land held in villenage, being distributed among the folk, or people, at the pleasure of the lord of the manor, and resumed at his discretion. Not being held by any assurance in writing, it was opposed to bookland or charter land, which was held by deed..

Marcher :: Marcher (n.) The lord or officer who defended the marches or borders of a territory.

Bordland :: Bordland (n.) Either land held by a bordar, or the land which a lord kept for the maintenance of his board, or table..

Infangthef :: Infangthef (n.) The privilege granted to lords of certain manors to judge thieves taken within the seigniory of such lords.

Sire :: Sire (n.) A lord, master, or other person in authority. See Sir..

Peerdom :: Peerdom (n.) Peerage; also, a lordship..

Overlordship :: Overlordship (n.) Lordship or supremacy of a person or a people over others.

Escheat :: Escheat (n.) Lands which fall to the lord or the State by escheat.

Rent :: Rent (n.) A certain periodical profit, whether in money, provisions, chattels, or labor, issuing out of lands and tenements in payment for the use; commonly, a certain pecuniary sum agreed upon between a tenant and his landlord, paid at fixed intervals by the lessee to the lessor, for the use of land or its appendages; as, rent for a farm, a house, a park, etc..

Hustings :: Hustings (n. pl.) A court formerly held in several cities of England; specif., a court held in London, before the lord mayor, recorder, and sheriffs, to determine certain classes of suits for the recovery of lands within the city. In the progress of law reform this court has become unimportant..

Hall :: Hall (n.) The chief room in a castle or manor house, and in early times the only public room, serving as the place of gathering for the lord's family with the retainers and servants, also for cooking and eating. It was often contrasted with the bower, which was the private or sleeping apartment..

Margrave :: Margrave (n.) Originally, a lord or keeper of the borders or marches in Germany..

Lord :: Lord (v. t.) To rule or preside over as a lord.

Socome :: Socome (n.) A custom of tenants to grind corn at the lord's mill.

Fine :: Fine (n.) A final agreement concerning lands or rents between persons, as the lord and his vassal..

Cope :: Cope (n.) An ancient tribute due to the lord of the soil, out of the lead mines in Derbyshire, England..

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