SEIGNIOR

In its general signification, means “lord,” but in law it is particularly applied to the lord of a fee or of a manor; and the fee, dominions, or manor of a seignior is thence termed a “seigniory,” i, e., a lordship. He who is a lord, but of no manor, and therefore unable to keep a court is termed a “seignior in gross.” Eitch. 206; Cowell.