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estates of the realm — The lords spiritual, the lords temporal, and the commons of Great Britain. 1 Bl. Comm. 153. Sometimes called the three estates. Inasmuch as the lords spiritual had no separate assembly or negative in their political capacity, some authorities… … Black's law dictionary
estates of the realm — The lords spiritual, the lords temporal, and the commons of Great Britain. 1 Bl. Comm. 153. Sometimes called the three estates. Inasmuch as the lords spiritual had no separate assembly or negative in their political capacity, some authorities… … Black's law dictionary
Estates of the realm — Cleric, Knight, and Workman : the three estates in a French medieval illumination The Estates of the realm were the broad social orders of the hierarchically conceived society, recognized in the Middle Ages and Early Modern period in Christian… … Wikipedia
the estates of the realm — 1. The three divisions of the body politic, Lords Spiritual, Lords Temporal and Commons 2. Often misused for the legislature, ie king, lords and commons 3. The ancient parliament of Scotland consisted of the king and the three estates, ie (1)… … Useful english dictionary
REALM, ESTATES OF THE — the Sovereign, the House of Lords, and the House of Commons in Great Britain … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
Lord of the Realm — En af rikets herrar ( in Swedish ) or Lord of the Realm was a title introduced by king Gustaf III of Sweden after his bloodless coup d état in 1772, and after the new constitution was passed by the Riksdag of the Estates. The title was not… … Wikipedia
The Estates — The States or the Estates signifies, in different countries and dominions, the assembly of the (feudalistic) representatives of the estates of the realm, called together for purposes of legislation or deliberation. In German speaking countries… … Wikipedia
Social estates in the Russian Empire — were denoted by the term soslovie (sosloviye), which approximately corresponds to the notion of the estate of the realm. The system of sosloviyes was a peculiar system of social groups in the history of the Russian Empire. In Russian language the … Wikipedia
estate of the realm — noun a major social class or order of persons regarded collectively as part of the body politic of the country (especially in the United Kingdom) and formerly possessing distinct political rights • Syn: ↑estate, ↑the three estates • Regions:… … Useful english dictionary
The fourth estate — Estate Es*tate ([e^]s*t[=a]t ), n. [OF. estat, F. [ e]tat, L. status, fr. stare to stand. See {Stand}, and cf. {State}.] 1. Settled condition or form of existence; state; condition or circumstances of life or of any person; situation. When I came … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
