Peers
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Aristocratical tyranny · Lords · al-akfāʼ · peers · peers who are matches · the Peers · اكفاء مماثلون · الأكفاء
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Common Sense (English)
—The remains of Aristocratical tyranny in the persons of the Peers.
in the texts
Adab al-wazīr
The vizier's peers or equals (al-akfāʼ), divided into the injurer, the injured, and the rival, against whom he must defend himself.
the third, the vizier's defence of himself against his peers (al-akfāʼ);
The third division concerns the vizier's defence of himself against his peers, and this comes after the setting right of the two flanks:
The second division concerns his defence of the kingdom against its enemies.
The Constitutional Documents of the Puritan Revolution, 1625–1660
The Peers of the realm, described as sitting with the King in Parliament as judges, in person.
I agree the Parliament to be a most ancient and supreme court, where the King and Peers, as judges, are in person, and the whole body of the Commons representatively.
Common Sense
The hereditary aristocratic element of the English constitution, condemned as contributing nothing to freedom
—The remains of Aristocratical tyranny in the persons of the Peers.
The two first by being hereditary are independent of the People;