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Lord: An antiquated term synonymous with planetary ruler.

Landlord: The lessor or the owner of leased premises. The landlord retains a reversionary interest in the property, so that when the lease ends the property will revert to the landlord.

Uniform Residential Landlord And Tenant Act (URLTA): A uniform act intended to provide some consistency in regulating the relationship of landlord and tenant in residential leases. A number of states have adopted all or parts of the URLTA, or . . . View Full Definition

Lords Rooms: During the Renaissance, the most prestigious and costly seating in public playhouses were the lords' rooms. These rooms were partitioned sections of the gallery near the 'above.' (The cost w . . . View Full Definition

Lord Charles: A curve ball that breaks from 12 o’clock to 6 o’clock (top to bottom of the strike zone).

Fame-Shame Culture: The anthropological term for a culture in which masculine behavior revolves around a code of martial honor. These cultures embody the idea of 'death before dishonor.' Such civilizations ofte . . . View Full Definition

Deuteronomic Law: The belief that God could choose to wait several generations before punishing a sinful race for the sins of the fathers. Thus, the children or descendants of the original criminals or evildo . . . View Full Definition

Comitatus: (Latin: companionship or 'band'): The term describes the tribal structure of the Anglo-Saxons and other Germanic tribes in which groups of men would swear fealty to a hlaford (lord) in excha . . . View Full Definition

Feudalism: The medieval model of government predating the birth of the modern nation-state. Feudal society is a military hierarchy in which a ruler or lord offers mounted fighters a fief (medieval Lati . . . View Full Definition

Franklin: A medieval profession akin to a cross between a landlord and a real estate agent. In the early medieval political system of feudalism, society was divided theoretically into three estates: ( . . . View Full Definition