Which term describes a member of the Lords appointed for life?

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Which term describes a member of the Lords appointed for life?

The term describes someone who has a peerage for their lifetime, not inherited. In the Lords, there are Lords Spiritual (bishops) and Lords Temporal, which include hereditary peers—whose titles pass to their descendants—and life peers, who are appointed for life but do not pass the title on. A commoner is a non-peer. So the label that fits “appointed for life” is life peer, because their peerage endures for the individual's lifetime only, not beyond.

The term describes someone who has a peerage for their lifetime, not inherited. In the Lords, there are Lords Spiritual (bishops) and Lords Temporal, which include hereditary peers—whose titles pass to their descendants—and life peers, who are appointed for life but do not pass the title on. A commoner is a non-peer. So the label that fits “appointed for life” is life peer, because their peerage endures for the individual's lifetime only, not beyond.

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