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Post Captain

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

A captain of a war vessel whose name appeared or was ldquopostedrdquo in the seniority list of the British navy as distinguished from a commander whose name was not so posted The term was also used in the United States navy but no such commission as post captain was ever recognized in either service and the term has fallen into disuse

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