LADY. In English law. The title be longing to the wife of a peer, and (by cour tesy) the wife of a baronet or knight, and als0 to any woman, married or sole, whose father was a nobleman of a rank not lower than that of earl. ‘ —Lady-court. In English law. The court on - ady of the manor.—Lady day. The of March, the feast of the Annunciation of he Blessed "Virgin Mary. In parts of Ire land, however, a so designate the 15th of August, the festiva of the Assumption of the Virgin.—L s friend. The style of an ofr ficer. of the agliah house of commons, whose duty was to secure a suitable provision for the wife, when her husband sought a divorce b special act of parliament. The act of: 185 abolished rliamentary divorces, and this office with them.