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life peer
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life peer
n
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) Brit a peer whose title lapses at his death
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Noun1.life peer - a British peer whose title lapses at death
peer - a nobleman (duke or marquis or earl or viscount or baron) who is a member of the British peerage
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life peer n → pari m inv a vita
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He was given his title in 2005 on condition that he returned to the UK from his Monaco tax exile and become a working peer.
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He will sit in the House of Lords as a working peer while continuing in his role as head of Scotland's Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service.
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