Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
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Court of the Lord High Steward
Hist. A court commissioned to try a peer indicted for treason or a felony. ( The Court met only if the House of Lords was not in session. The Lord High Steward sat as a judge and decided questions of law, and the peers decided facts only. The Court last sat in 1688.
Court of the Lord High Steward of the Universities
Hist. A court convened to try scholars, esp. Oxford or Cambridge students, who have been indicted for treason, felony, or mayhem.
Lord High Steward
Hist. The speaker pro tempore and presiding officer in the House of Lords during a criminal trial of a peer for a felony or for treason. ( The privilege of peerage in criminal proceedings was abolished in 1948.