Brigadier General - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: brigadier generalBrigadier general
An officer in rank next above a colonel and below a major general He commands a brigade and is sometimes called by a shortening of his title simple a brigadier...
Major general
An officer of the army holding a rank next above that of brigadier general and next below that of lieutenant general and who usually commands a division or a corps...
Paymaster general
In the United States army an officer of the rank of brigadier general who commands the pay department which is charged with the payment of the officers and men...
Brigade
A body of troops whether cavalry artillery infantry or mixed consisting of two or more regiments under the command of a brigadier general...
Colonel
The chief officer of a regiment an officer ranking next above a lieutenant colonel and next below a brigadier general...
Commodore
An officer who ranks next above a captain sometimes by courtesy the senior captain of a squadron The rank of commodore corresponds with that of brigadier general in the army...
Engineer Corps
In the United States army the Corps of Engineers a corps of officers and enlisted men consisting of one band and three battalions of engineers commanded by a brigadier general whose title is Chief of Engineers It has charge of the construction of fortifications for land and seacoast defense the improvement of rivers and harbors the construction of lighthouses etc and in time of war supervises the engineering operations of the armies in the field...
Judge Advocate, Judge Advocate-General
Judge Advocate, Judge Advocate-General. The Judge Advocate-General is an officer appointed by letters-patent under the Great Seal. He is under the orders of the Secretary of State for War to whom he acts as legal adviser. One of his functions is to review Court-martial proceedings. All general military courts-martial are attended by a judge advocate acting by deputation, either special or general, under the hand and seal of the judge advocate-general; or by a person appointed by general officers commanding the forces abroad, to execute the office of judge advocate. The duties of an officiating judge advocate at a Court-martial are to superintend the proceedings, to make a minute of the proceedings, and to advise the Court on points of law, of custom, and of form, and so far to assist the prisoner as to elicit a full statement of the facts material to the defence. The proceedings of general courts-martial held at home are trans-mitted by the officiating judge advocate to the judge advoc...
Paymaster-General (see now Accountant-General
Paymaster-General (see now Accountant-General; the duties of Paymaster-General transferred to Accountant-General: see (English) Judicature Act, 1925, ss. 133 et seq.). Under the (English) Chancery Funds Act, 1872 (35 & 36 Vict. c. 44), the office of Accountant-General of the Court of Chancery was abolished, and the duties transferred to the Paymaster-General, and by the (English) Supreme Court of Judicature (Funds, etc.) Act, 1883, there was only one accounting department for the Supreme Court of Judicature. Rules with respect to the Paymaster-General were authorised to be made by the (English) Judicature Act, 1875, s. 24, and, further, s. 30 of that Act, and s. 4 of the Act of 1883, supra, the present practice and procedure being controlled by the (English) Supreme Court Funds Rules, 1927....
Attorney-General
Attorney-General, a great officer of state appointed by letters-patent, and the legal representative of the Crown in the Supreme Court. He is also ex-officio head of the bar for the time being. He exhibits informations, prosecutes for the Crown in criminal matters and in revenue causes, and used to grant fiats for writs of error until they were abolished by s. 20 of the (English) Criminal Appeal Act, 1907, His fiat or consent is required before certain proceedings or prosecutions can be commenced (see, e.g., (English) Public Bodies Corrupt Practices Act, 1889, and Prevention of Corruption Act, 1906). In many cases also (see e.g., (English) Lunacy Act, 1890, s. 325; (English) Public Health Act, 1936, s. 298; (English) Public Health (Officers) Act, 1884; (English) Public Health (Members and Officers) Act, 1885; Official Secrets Act, 1911, s. 8), his consent is necessary before penalties can be recovered. His fiat is necessary for certain appeals to the House of Lords. See (English) Appel...
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