126.—House of keys. The name of the lower branch of the legislative assembly or parliament of the Isle of Man, consisting of twenty-four representatives chosen by popular election.—House of lords. The ov per chamber of the British parliament. t comprises the archbishops and bishops, (called ‘Lords Spiritual,”) the English peers sitting by virtue of hereditary right, sixteen Scotch peers elected to represent the Scotch rage under the act of union, arid twenty-eight Irish peers elected under similar, provisions. The house of lords, as a judicial , has ultimate appellate jurisdiction, and may ‘sit as a court for the trial of impeachments.—House of refuge. A prison for juvenile delinquents. A house of correction or reformatory.—House of representatives. The name of the body forming the more popular and numerous branch of the congress of the United States] also of the similar branch in many of the state legislatures, —House of worship. A building or place set apart for and devoted to the holding of religious services or exercises or public worship; a church or chapel or place similarly used. Old