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 Lord Lyon King of Arms, Scotland:&nbsp; The officer in Scotland who oversees the king's heralds. The Lord Lyon King of Arms is responsible for the right to use coats of arms; therefore, he maintains pedigrees of families entitled to use coats of arms.
-Lord of regality, Scotland:&nbsp; A titled individual to whom the Crown granted extensive property (regality)&nbsp;which came with civil and criminal jurisdictional&nbsp;powers almost as great as those of the crown. The jurisdiction was much wider than that granted to a baron.
+Lord of regality, Scotland:&nbsp; A titled individual to whom the Crown granted extensive property (regality)&nbsp;which came with civil and criminal jurisdictional&nbsp;powers almost as great as those of the crown. The jurisdiction was much wider than that granted to a baron.&nbsp; These were mostly abolished in 1747.
 Lost at sea:&nbsp; A sailor who disappeared at sea but who could not be confirmed dead.
 Lot, Canada:&nbsp; A division of a county on Prince Edward Island. Some lots had their own municipal governments, although villages and towns within their boundaries may have been independent of them. Other lots were only parcels of land.
 Louisiana Purchase:&nbsp; 885,000 square miles of land between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains that the United States purchased from France in 1803.