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Why were Law Lords created peers of different ranks?

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“Save for the wild force of Nature, nothing moves in this world that is not Greek in its origin.” [closed]

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44 Questions

Why were Law Lords created peers of different ranks?

Where can I find English letters written to someone's superior to commend that someone, between 1700-1900?

Why command hierarchy, if the chain of command is standing next to each other?

What rectangular object would is this Boer War era officer carrying on his left hand side?

Why couldn't soldiers sight their own weapons without officers' orders?

Why did some British front-line infantry wear blue uniforms?

Why did officers fire revolvers with just one hand, while wielding a sword in the other hand despite being too far away to use swords?

Why were British laypeople more ready to challenge the government starting in the 1960s?

Did Boulez admit that his Structures didn't succeed?

Chancery vs Common Pleas vs Exchequer vs King's Bench

Why weren't the Barons of the Court of Exchequer Barons as peers?

Why exactly did Messiaen never meet the Nazi guard who helped him again, after the war?

Is there a group picture of RMS Titanic's 8 officers?

Why were blacks still victimized in the Northern states after slavery's abolition?

What did Jacob Burckhardt intend to say by 'turn within' and 'turn without'?

How did Gothic differ from Baroque architecture?

How did the check pattern help with financial computations?

Why would selling watermelons in bulk be mocking?

Could a lawyer serve as a company officer on the front lines?

Did Victorian(-era) British officers knowingly fire their revolvers at targets clearly out of range?

In 1700-1850 warfare, would infantry still march in formation while retreating?

How can you see what rank a British redcoat is?

In 1700-1900 England, how were 'manners an end in themselves and not merely a means to achieve propriety by conformity'?

What was Justice Louis Brandeis's opinion on eugenics?

Is there any evidence of racism from the US Supreme Court Justices who decided Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)?

What did US Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart study as an undergraduate?

Where can you find online the voting records for the both Houses of the UK Parliament?

What was special about ground foods for sacrificial meals?

When did cavalry soldiers unsheathe swords?

“Save for the wild force of Nature, nothing moves in this world that is not Greek in its origin.” [closed]