a place of honour to which a person is entitled. This is either of courtesy or of right. The former is that which is due to age, estate, &c., which is regulated by custom and civility: the latter is settled by authority; and when broken in upon, gives an action at law.

In Great Britain, the order of precedence is as follows: The king; the princes of the blood; the archbishop of Canterbury; the lord high chancellor; the archbishop of York; the lord treasurer of England; the lord president of the council; the lord privy seal; dukes; the eldest sons of dukes of the blood royal; marquises; dukes eldest sons; earls; marquisses eldest sons; dukes younger sons; viscounts; earls eldest sons; marquisses younger sons; bishops; barons; speaker of the house of commons; lord commissioner of the great seal; viscounts eldest sons; earls younger sons; barons eldest sons; privy counsellors not peers; chancellor of the exchequer; chancellor of the duchy; knights of the garter not peers; lord chief justice of the king's bench; master of the rolls; lord chief justice of the common pleas; lord chief baron of the exchequer; puisne judges and barons; knights banneret, if made in the field; masters in chancery; viscounts younger sons; barons younger sons; baronets; knights banneret; knights of the Bath; knights bachelors; baronets eldest sons; knights eldest sons; baronets younger sons; knights younger sons; field and flag officers; doctors graduate; sergeants at law; esquires; gentlemen bearing coat armour; yeomen; tradesmen; artificers; labourers.

N.B. The ladies, except those of archbishops, bishops, and judges, take place according to the degree of quality of their husbands; and unmarried ladies take place according to that of their fathers.