peer

peer
An equal. A man's equals in rank are his peers. At common law a nobleman was entitled to be tried in a criminal case by a jury composed of his peers or equals. Bishops, however, although lords of parliament, held their baronies by right of the church, and were not of noble blood, and hence, were not so entitled. Peeresses did not have this right at common law, but statute 20 Henry VI, c. 9, gave it to them. See 1 Bl Comm 401.

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