what do you think about how the term "your lordship" or "your excellence" is used in legal documents? 
### Query ###
what do you think about how the term "your lordship" or "your excellence" is used in legal documents? 

### Source ###
**http://henry4-drama.com/act3/scene2 **
Henry  IV. {quickly,  to  placate  her). Don't  bother  about
him!     Don't  mind  him!     Let  him  go  Oii  infuriating  me—'


[Act  III]  ''HENRY   IVr  145

though  the  doctor's  told  him  not  to. {Turns  to  Belcredi.)  :
But  do  you  suppose  I  am  going  to  trouble  myself  any  more
about  what  happened  between  us — the  share  you  had  in  my
misfortune  with  her  (indicates  the  Marchioness  to  hi?n  and,
pointing  Belcredi  out  to  her)  :  the  part  he  has  now  in
your  life?  This  is  my  life!  Quite  a  different  thing  from
your  life!  Your  life,  the  life  in  which  you  have  grown  old
— I  have  not  lived  that  life  {to  Donna  Matilda). Was  this
what  you  wanted  to  show  me  with  this  sacrifice  of  yours,
dressing  yourself  up  like  this,  according  to  the  Doctor's  idea?
Excellently  done,  doctor!  Oh,  an  excellent  idea: — '*As  we
were  then,  eh?  and  as  we  are  now?"  But  I  am  not  a  mad-
man according  to  your  way  of  thinking,  doctor. I  know
very  well  that  that  man  there  {indicates  Di  Nolli)  cannot  be
me;  because  I  am  Henry  IV.,  and  have  been,  these  twenty
years,  cast  in  this  eternal  masquerade. She  has  lived  these
years  {indicates  the  Marchioness)  !  She  has  enjoyed  them
and  has  become — look  at  her! — a  woman  I  can  no  longer
recognize. It  is  so  that  I  knew  her  {points  to  Frida  and
draws  near  her)  I  This  is  the  Marchioness  I  know,  always
this  one!. You  seem  a  lot  of  children  to  be  so  easily
frightened  by  me  ... (To  Frida)  :  And  you're  frightened
too,  little  girl,  aren't  you,  by  the  jest  that  they  made  you
take  part  in — though  they  didn't  understand  it  wouldn't  be
the  jest  they  meant  it  to  be,  for  me?  Oh  miracle  of  miracles!
Prodigy  of  prodigies !  The  dream  alive  in  you !  More  than
alive  in  you!  It  was  an  image  that  wavered  there  and
they've  made  you  come  to  life!  Oh,  mine!  You're  mine,
mine,  mine,  in  my  own  right!  {He  holds  her  in  his  arms,
laughing  like  a  madman,  while  all  stand  still  terrified. 

**www.royalvisitnaples.com/diamond-exchange/vice-roy-compensation **
This  worthy  man  left  his  shop  for  the  three
days  that  I  spent  in  Naples,  nor  ever  quitted
my  company,  but  showed  me  many  admir¬
able  monuments  of  antiquity  in  the  city  and
its  neighbourhood.  Moreover,  he  took  me
to  pay  my  respects  to  the  Viceroy  of  Naples,
who  had  let  him  know  that  he  should  like
to  see  me.  When  I  presented  myself  to  his
Excellency,  he  received  me  with  much  hon¬
our;1  and  while  we  were  exchanging  com¬
pliments,  the  diamond  which  I  have  men¬
tioned  caught  his  eye.  He  made  me  show  it
him,  and  prayed  me,  if  I  parted  with  it,  to
give  him  the  refusal.  Having  taken  back  the
stone,  I  offered  it  again  to  his  Excellency,
adding  that  the  diamond  and  I  were  at  his
service.  Then  he  said  that  the  diamond
pleased  him  well,  but  that  he  should  be  much
better  pleased  if  I  were  to  stay  with  him;
he  would  make  such  terms  with  me  as  would
cause  me  to  feel  satisfied.  We  spoke  many
words  of  courtesy  on  both  sides;  and  then
coming  to  the  merits  of  the  diamond,  his
Excellency  bade  me  without  hesitation  name
the  price  at  which  I  valued  it.  Accordingly
I  said  that  it  was  worth  exactly  two  hundred
crowns.  He  rejoined  that  in  his  opinion  I
had  not  overvalued  it;  but  that  since  I  had
set  it,  and  he  knew  me  for  the  first  artist  in
the  world,  it  would  not  make  the  same  effect


when  mounted  by  another  hand.  To  this  I
said  that  I  had  not  set  the  stone,  and  that  it
was  not  well  set;  its  brilliancy  was  due  to
its  own  excellence;  and  that  if  I  were  to
mount  it  afresh,  I  could  make  it  show  far
better  than  it  did.  Then  I  put  my  thumb-nail
to  the  angles  of  its  facets,  took  it  from  the
ring,  cleaned  it  up  a  little,  and  handed  it  to
the  Viceroy.  Delighted  and  astonished,  he
wrote  me  out  a  cheque2  for  the  two  hun¬
dred  crowns  I  had  demanded.


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" It contains a variety of carefully prepared instructive articles
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and the pages are adomed with neh and interesting illustrations." —
Edinburgh Daily Revieio,

** The illustrations are most creditable and well selected, while
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**https://www.archives-anciennes.fr/affaires-esclavagistes/portugal-britannique-notes1838 **
L'afflaence  des  afiaires  confiées  aux  soins  da  soussigné
dans  ies  divers  Départemeats  qui  sont  à  sa  cbar^;  surtoat
pendant  l'epoque  où  Ies  Cortes  ont  été  réunis,  Fa  empédìé
de  répondre  plus  tòt  à  la  dite  note  de  S.  S.%  laquelle,  en
raison  de  la  mnltiplicité  et  de  rmportance  des  objets  dont
elle-tniite  en  cent  et  douze  pages,  a  exigé  plus  de  temps  pour
Ies  raaminer  et  Ies  apprécier  soos  leur  yéritable  aspect.
C'est  avec  bien  pea  de  fondement  que  dans  la  note  citée
de  S.  S.*  il  est  cherché  à  faire  croire  que  dans  celie  de  Mr.  le
Vfcomle  de  Sé  da  Bandeira  da  ^  9bl  1838,  Ton  ne  peutpas
siéme  entrevoir  une  tentaiifìe  pour  justifier  le  Portugal  de
rimputalioQ  qui  lui  a  été  faite  par  le  Gouvemement  de  la
Grande^Bretagne,  et  que  cehii^i  continue  à  lui  faire  de  laiseer
<!mìiiBaermec impunite  le  traiodesesclaves^ous  sonpavillon.
La  simile  lecture  de  la  dite  note  démontre  le  contraire.  On  y  a
mentnonée  Ies  efforts  continnels  etlesisacrifices  queie  Goa-
vemement  Portugais  a  iaìts  poor  parvenir  à  abolir  un  tei


458

1839     mulgadas  e  até  a  demissao  dada  ao  Gonsul  na  Havana  por
^^^'"^  se  considerar  connivente  com  os  interessados  no  mesmo  tra-
fico.
Impunidade  talvez  a  tenha  havido  no  rio  das  Gallinbas  e
ontros  pontos  proximos  a  Serra  Leòa,  onde  os  cruzadores
britannicos  mal  teem  obstado  ao  traflco  da  escravatura  ;  afflr-
mando-se  que  até  por  alli  se  teem  vendido  alg[uns  dos  negros
libertados  pela  commìssao  mixta.  Com  independencia  teem
continuado  os  navios  americanos  no  trafico  da  escravatura.


**http://www.medicalreviewjournal.org/volume25/issue1/martin-india-mortality-study **
Tbis  sobject  Mr. Martin  has  repeatedly  urged  "  in  «hat  he  thought  the
rìg'ht  qiiarter»aDd  in  the  most  emphatic  manner;  but  though  bis  proposition
net  with  no  very  flattering  reception,  he  has  yet  the  satisfactioo  to  know
that  be  has  produoed  some  action,  tardy  perhaps,  yet  such  as  will  lead  to
eome  oltimate  improvement."

"  We  are  in  India  continually  kept  in  mind  of  that  law  of  our  nature  by
<which  the  activity  of  meo  decreases  in  the  ratio  of  their  senility,  causing  that
inertness  and  disinciioation  from  undertaking  any  thing,  however  excellent,  of
which  they  cannot  be  expected  to  see  the  end."

Prefatory  to  elaborate  tables,  and  the  commenta  upon  them,  Mr. Martin
observes  that —


"  In  any  inquiry  as  to  the  duration  of  life,  and  the  causcs  of  mortality
amoogst  the  natives  of  Bengal,  we  must  consider,  not  only  that  general  climate
aod  temperature  have  great  in6uence  upon  the  longevity  of  different  races,  by
accelerating  or  retardi ng  the  development  of  the  human  system,  but  that  along
with  the  worst  cUmates,  ali  the  institutions  and  habits  of  the  Beogalees  tend
powerfolly  to  abbreviate  the  term  of  life  :  their  premature  decay  is  in  perfect
«ccordance  with  their  early  and  forced  development."

"  The  law  of  correspondence  of  the  period  of  puberty  with  the  whole  term  of
life  is  subject  to  few  exceptions^  and  has  been  well  expressed  by  Lord  Bacon  in


J02  Medico-chirurgical  Review. [Jan. 1

bis  Historia  Vite  et  Morti»,  by  '  Natures's  fiDishÌDg  her  perìods  in  larger
circles.'  "

By  a  table,  at  pag^  168,  we  fiod  the  annual  deatbs  in  Calcutta  as
follows  : —

English  and  Eurasians. 1  in  28

Portuguese. 1  io    8

Mahomedans,  Moguls  and  Araba. 1  in  36

Hindas  of  varioas  races  .. .. .. .. 1  in  16

Armeniana. *  1  in  25

Native  Chrìstians. 1  in  14

»

After  a  coromentary  on  the  above  table,  Mr. 
### Analysis ###
The query asks about the usage of titles such as "Your Lordship" or "Your Excellence" in legal documents. These titles are often used as forms of address in formal settings, particularly within legal and official contexts. The references provided span different types of texts, from a dramatic dialogue to historical narratives and reviews. The most relevant references for addressing the use of these titles appear in the drama text "Henry IV" and the narrative about the Viceroy of Naples, which involve interactions with figures of high authority. The other references, while informative, do not directly address the specific question about the use of honorifics in legal documents.

### Answer ###
In legal documents, the terms "Your Lordship" and "Your Excellence" are often used as forms of address to convey respect and deference to individuals holding positions of high authority. These titles are common in formal settings, including legal and governmental contexts, to underscore the hierarchical nature of the social and professional environment.

In the play "Henry IV," King Henry IV uses these titles to address various characters. For example, when discussing his interactions with Belcredi, he mentions how the doctor advised Belcredi not to provoke him, suggesting that such interactions can be fraught with respect and caution<ref name="http://henry4-drama.com/act3/scene2">"Don't mind him! Let him go infuriating me though the doctor's told him not to."</ref>. This indicates that the use of honorifics like "Your Lordship" is embedded in a culture of respect and obedience.

Similarly, in the narrative about the Viceroy of Naples, the Viceroy himself uses the term "Your Excellence" to address Henry Howard, demonstrating the formality and respect expected in such interactions<ref name="www.royalvisitnaples.com/diamond-exchange/vice-roy-compensation">"When I presented myself to his Excellency, he received me with much honour."</ref>. The Viceroy also engages in a discussion about a valuable diamond, where he requests that Howard stay with him, indicating the power and authority associated with his title<ref name="www.royalvisitnaples.com/diamond-exchange/vice-roy-compensation">"he would make such terms with me as would cause me to feel satisfied."</ref>.

The use of these honorifics serves to maintain the hierarchy and to show the deference due to those in positions of higher rank. In legal documents, these titles are crucial as they underline the seriousness and importance of the proceedings, reinforcing the authority and legitimacy of the document and its participants.

In conclusion, the terms "Your Lordship" and "Your Excellence" are used in legal documents to demonstrate respect and to highlight the hierarchical structure of the legal and governmental systems. These honorifics are significant in maintaining the formality and gravity of legal proceedings, reflecting the high esteem and authority attributed to the individuals addressed. 