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Lord High Steward in Europe<\/h1>\n

Definition of Lord High Steward<\/h2>\n

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When a person is impeached, or when a peer is tried on indictment for treason or felony before the House of Lords, one of the lords is appointed Lord High Steward, and acts as speaker pro temporc. If the House of Lords is not sitting, the indictment is removed into the Court of the Lord High Steward, which is a Court instituted by commission from the Crown, and to which is summoned all the peers of Parliament. The Lord High Steward is sole Judge on points of law, and the peers summoned are triers and judges of fact only<\/p>\n<\/h4>\n

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