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House of Lords
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House of Lords: see Parliament Parliament, legislative assembly of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Over the centuries it has become more than a legislative body; it is the sovereign power of Great Britain, whereas the monarch remains sovereign in name only.
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House of Lords
(in Britain) the upper chamber of Parliament, composed of the peers of the realm
House of Lords 

the upper house of the British Parliament, composed of lords temporal (peers) and lords spiritual, and presided over by the lord chancellor. The legislative powers of the House of Lords were limited by the Parliament Acts of 1911 and 1949.
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Although the advertising firm's action against the bank was dismissed for other reasons, in considering this case, the English House of Lords set down a new principle of law: that liability could be found against a professional for negligent advice even where no contractual relationship existed between the party giving the advice and the party receiving the advice.
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