Lord Chancellor

plural Lord Chancellors · plural Lords Chancellor

1. UKgovernmentThe holder of an office in the government of the United Kingdom, held by a Cabinet minister with responsibility for the efficient functioning and independence of the judicial courts.

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   The Lord Chancellors of Scotland is a work that could not be produced without the aid of scientific research. The origin of the office is involved in great obscurity, and it has never been finally determined who the first and second Chancellors were. We are indebted to that eminent antiquarian, Mr Cosmo Innes, for much of the information we possess of that early period of Scottish history, the twelfth century. There are few records of that period in existence save charters, issued by the King and signed by the Chancellor, the Chamberlain, the Constable, and various clerical witnesses, and it is remarkable that even these are preserved, considering their great age.

   1911, Samuel Cowan, The Lord Chancellors of Scotland: From the Institution of the Office to the Treaty of Union, volume 1, W. & A. K. Johnston Ltd, page v