peerages

An act of parliament would have to be passed to strip them of their peerages.

国会也必须通过一项法令剥夺他们的议员资格。

But it was not until the Life Peerages Act 1958 that women were finally allowed to sit in the Upper House.

然而要到1958年终身贵族法案10，妇女才终于得准出席上议院。

A life peer is created by the Government under the Life Peerages Act 1958, which also admitted women to membership for the first time.

在1958年的终身贵族法案中，政府确认了这项封号，同时还第一次给予妇女获得爵位的权利。