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ORDER OF LEGAL PRECEDENCE.

The Lord High Chancellor (by statute 31 Hen. VIII., s. 4).
The Lord President of the (Privy) Council (by statute 31 Hen. VIII., s, 4).
The Commissioners of the Great Seal not being peers (by statute I Wm. & Mary).
The Chancellor and Under Treasurer of the Exchequer.By decree 10 Jas. I.
The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.
The Lord Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench [i.e., of England].
The Master of the Rolls.
The Lords Justices of Appeal (by act of creation 1851).
The Vice Chancellor (5 Vic, c. v., s. 25)
The Justices of the High Court of Justice (decree 10 Jas. I.).
The Attorney-General (royal warrant 14 Dec. 1813).
The Solicitor-General (royal warrant 14 Dec, 1813).
The Judges of County Courts (royal warrant 4 Aug., 1884).
The Queen's Counsel.
The Serjeants-at-law.
The Recorder of London.
The Common Serjeant of London.
The Doctors of Civil Law.
The Barristers-at-law.

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