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Justices (LORDS in Great Britain persons)

LORDS, in Great Britain, persons formerly appointed by the sovereign to act for a time as his substitute in the supreme government, either of the whole kingdom or of a part of it. The lord-lieutenant of Ireland is a familiar example of a lord-justice. The title lords-justices of appeal is in England given to a certain number of judges belonging to the appeal division of the Supreme Court of Judicature .