lyon court

lyon court
\\“-\ noun
Usage: usually capitalized L&C
Etymology: lyon, obsolete variant of lion
: a lawcourt and administrative office in Scotland that is headed by the Lord Lyon King of Arms, has jurisdiction over the bearing and display of armorial ensigns, and maintains the public registers of Scottish armorial bearings and genealogies — called also Court of the Lord Lyon

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Lyon Court noun
The court over which the Lyon presides, having jurisdiction in questions of coat-armour and precedency
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