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The chief officer of a regiment an officer ranking next above a lieutenant colonel and next below a brigadier general...
Bowie knife
A knife with a strong blade from ten to fifteen inches long and double edged near the point used as a hunting knife and formerly as a weapon in the southwestern part of the United States It was named from its inventor Colonel James Bowie Also by extension any large sheath knife...
Brigadier 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...
Colonelcy
The office rank or commission of a colonel...
Coronel
A colonel...
Eacutetat Major
The staff of an army including all officers above the rank of colonel also all adjutants inspectors quartermasters commissaries engineers ordnance officers paymasters physicians signal officers judge advocates also the noncommissioned assistants of the above officers...
Negus
A beverage made of wine water sugar nutmeg and lemon juice so called it is said from its first maker Colonel Negus...
Brevet
Brevet, a commission conferring on an officer a degree of rank immediately above that which he holds in his particular regiment; without, however, conveying a power to receive the corresponding pay. Brevet rank does not exist in the royal navy, and in the army it neither descends lower than that of captain, nor ascends above that of lieutenant-colonel.French Law. A privilege or warrant granted by the Government to a private person, authorising a special benefit or the exercise of an exclusive privilege; Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn....
Kenyon-Slaney Clause
Kenyon-Slaney Clause, s. 7 (6) of the (English) Education Act, 1902 (2 Ed. 7, c. 42), and is as follows:-(6) Religious instruction given in a public elementary school not provided by the local education authority shall, as regards its character, be in accordance with the provisions (if any) of the trust deed relating thereto, and shall be under the control of the managers: Provided that nothing in this sub-s. shall affect any provision in a trust deed for reference to the Bishop or superior ecclesiastical or other denominational authority so far as such provision gives to the Bishop or authority the power of deciding whether the character of the religious instruction is or is not in accordance with the provisions of the trust deed.The clause was inserted on a motion of Colonel Kenyon-Slaney, M.P. for the Newport division of Shropshire, but the proviso was added by the House of Lords. This clause was repealed and re-enacted by the (English) Education Act, 1921 (11 & 12 Geo. 5, c. 51), s...
Precedence or precedency
Precedence or precedency, the act or state of going before; adjustment of place.The rules of precedence may be reduced to the following list, in which those marked * are entitled to the rank here allotted them by 31 Hen. 8, c. 10; marked ' by 1 W. & M. c. 1; marked by letters-patent, 9, 10 & 14 Jac. 1, which see in Seld. Tit. of Hon. ii. 5, 46; marked ' by ancient usage and established custom, Camden's Brit., tit. 'Ordines'; Milles's Cat. of Hon. 1610; and Chamberlayne's Prest. St. of Eng., b. 3, c. iii; see 1 Bl. Com. 404.* The King's children and grandchildren.* The King's consort.* The King's uncles.* The King's nephews.* Archbishop of Canterbury (a).* Lord High Chancellor or Keeper, if a baron.* Archbishop of York.Prime Minister.By royal warrant dated December, 1905.* Lord Treasurer.* Lord President of the Council. } barons.* Lord Privy Seal.(a) The judges of assize, while on circuit, take pre-cedence of every subject.*Lord Great Chamberlain.But see Private Stat.1 Geo. 1, c. 3.* Lo...
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