Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
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Peer
n. 1. A person who is of equal status, rank, or character with another."The commonalty, like the nobility, are divided into several degrees; and, as the lords, though. different in rank, yet all of them are peers in respect of their nobility, so the commoners, though some are greatly superior to others, yet all are in law peers, in respect of their want of nobility ...." 1 William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England 391 (1765). 2. A member of the British nobility (such as a duchess, marquis, earl, viscount, or baroness). - peerage (peer-ij), n. "The Crown has power to create any number of peers and of any degree. In modern practice the power is exercised on the advice of the Prime Minister and the honour is most commonly a reward for political services Peerages can be, and have been, conferred for party political reasons; 12 were created in 1712 to save the government, and 16 to help pass the Reform Bill in 1832. In 1832 and 1911 the Opposition of the House of Lords was overcome by the threat to create enough peers to secure a maloritv .The main privile,,e of a peer i; to sit and vote in the House of Lords." David M. Walker, The Oxford Companion to Law 942 (1980).
dozen peers.
Hist. During the reign of Henry III, 12 peers assembled by the barons to be the King's advisers.
life peerage
English law. The grant of the noble title of baron to a person for life, offered through letters patent. ( The Life Peerages Act of 1958 first allowed this and removed the disqualifications of women from serving in the House of Lords. See PEER. life policySee INSURANCE POLICY.
peer-review organization
A government agency that monitors health-regulation compliance by private hospitals requesting public funds (such as Medicare payments). - Abbr. PRO.
peer-review privilege
A privilege that protects from disclosure the proceedings and reports of a medical facility's peer-review committee, which reviews and oversees the patient care and medical services provided by the staff.
peer-reviewed journal
A publication whose practice is to forward submitted articles to disinterested experts who screen them for scholarly or scientific reliability, the idea being that articles actually published have already withstood expert scrutiny and comment.
peers of fees
Hist. Vassals or tenants of the same lord who judged disputes arising out of fees.