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VerbarImperator

A commander a leader an emperor originally an appellation of honor by which Roman soldiers saluted their general after an

Enomotarch

The commander of an enomoty

order

3 a : a mandate from a superior authority see also executive order b : a ruling or command made by a competent administrative authority ;specif : one resulting from administrative adjudication and subject to judicial review

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Commander-in-Chief

Commander-in-Chief. The army was originally under the personal command of the sovereign, but in 1793 this command was delegated

writ

was issued in the name of the English monarch from Anglo-Saxon times to declare his grants, wishes, and commands 2 : an order or mandatory process in writing issued in the name of the sovereign or of

Civil Law

C'sar's time, made a compilation of the Pr'tor's Edicts, which was made perpetual by Salvius Julianus, at the command of the Emperor Hadrian, many years later. (5) The Codes of Gregorius, Hermogenianus, and Theodosius the Younger. Gregorius,

King's Bench

being an ancient palace of the Crown, but might remove with the King as he thought proper to command. The jurisdiction of the court was very high. It kept all inferior jurisdictions within the bounds of their

Law

Lat., to bind], a rule of action to which men are obliged to make their conduct conformable. A command, enforced by some sanction, to acts or forbearances of a class: see Austin's Jurisprudence; 1 Bl. Com. 38.

Repugnant

they cannot stand together at the same time and one law is inconsistent with another law when the command or power or provision in the one law conflicted directly with the command or power or provision in

mandate

person the power to transact for him or her one or several affairs 3 a : an authoritative command : a clear authorization or direction [the of the full faith and credit clause "National Law Journal"] b

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