Life peer

In the United Kingdom, Life Peers are appointed members of the Peerage whose titles may not be inherited (those whose titles are inheritable are known as hereditary peers). Nowadays, life peerages, always of baronial rank, are created under the Life Peerages Act 1958 and carry with them, presuming the recipient meets qualifications such as age and citizenship, seats in the House of Lords.

Related Topics:
United Kingdom - Peerage - Hereditary peer - Baronial - Life Peerages Act 1958 - House of Lords

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Lords of Appeal in Ordinary are created under the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 to exercise the House of Lords' judicial functions; they, too, sit in the House of Lords. Lords of Appeal in Ordinary retire, potentially at the age of seventy and necessarily by the age of seventy-five, but continue to sit in the House for life. By convention, the Lords do not participate in the political business of the House, instead confining themselves to hearing cases.

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Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 - Judicial functions - Necessarily

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