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Home Dictionary Name: commanding officer Page: 2Sailing instructions
Sailing instructions, written or printed directions delivered by the commanding officer of a convoy to the several masters of the ships under his care, by which they are enabled to understand and answer his signals, to know the place of rendezvous appointed by the fleet in case of dispersion by storm, by an enemy, or otherwise. Without sailing instructions no vessel can have the protection and benefit of convoy, Mar. Ins.; Anderson v. Pitcher, (1800) 2 Bos&P 164....
Commandant
A commander the commanding officer of a place or of a body of men as the commandant of a navy yard...
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...
Convoy pennant
A white pennant with red border carried a Forward on all vessels on convoy duty b Alone by a senior officer present during evolutions or drills when it commands ldquoSilencerdquo c Over a signal number when it refers to the signal number of an officer in the Annual Navy Register...
Mandamus
Mandamus [we command). (1) A high prerogative writ of a most extensive remedial nature. In form it is a command issuing in the King's name from the King's Bench Division of the High Court only, and addressed to any person, corporation, or inferior court of judicature requiring them to do something therein specified, which appertains to their office, and which the court holds to be consonant to right and justice. It is used principally for public purposes, and to enforce performance of public duties. It enforces, however, some private rights when they are withheld by public officers.It is a general rule that this writ is only to be issued where a party has no other specific remedy; and he must apply to the court without delay. the jurisdiction is altogether in the discretion of the court. It can only be obtained from the King's Bench Division, and on motion, and not in an action; [(English) R.S.C., Ord. LIII., r. 4]. For rules of procedure, see (English) Crown Office Rules, 1906, rr. 49...
writ
writ [Old English, something written] 1 : a letter that 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 a court or judicial officer commanding the person to whom it is directed to perform or refrain from performing a specified act NOTE: The writ was a vital official instrument in the old common law of England. A plaintiff commenced a suit at law by choosing the proper form of action and obtaining a writ appropriate to the remedy sought; its issuance forced the defendant to comply or to appear in court and defend. Writs were also in constant use for financial and political purposes of government. While the writ no longer governs civil pleading and has lost many of its applications, the extraordinary writs esp. of habeas corpus, mandamus, prohibition, and certiorari indicate its historical importance as an instrument of judicial auth...
officer
officer 1 : one charged with administering or enforcing the law [a police ] 2 : one who holds an office of trust, authority, or command [the directors, s, employees, and shareholders of a corporation] 3 : one who holds a position of authority or command in the armed forces [insubordinate to his commanding ] ...
Commander-in-Chief
Commander-in-Chief. The army was originally under the personal command of the sovereign, but in 1793 this command was delegated to a Commander-in-Chief appointed by patent. The command was divided in the middle of the nineteenth century between the Commander-in-Chief and a Secretary of State for War. The latter gradually became predominant, which held to the abolition of the former office in 1904, the Commander-in-Chief's duties being divided between the Army Council and the Inspector-General, the Secretary of State for War being responsible for the Army as a whole....
Serjeant
Serjeant [fr. serviens, Lat.], used in several senses:-A feudal tenure by knight service due only to king, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn.(1) Serjeants-at-law, or of the coif (servientes ad legem), otherwise called serjeants counter, the highest degree in the Common Law, as doctors in the Civil Law; but, according to Spelman, a doctor of law is superior to a serjeant, for the very name of a doctor is magisterial, but that of a serjeant is only ministerial. Serjeants-at-law were made by the sovereign's writ, addressed unto such as are called, commanding them to take upon them that degree by a certain day, Fortescue, c. 50; 3 Cro. 1; Dyer, 72; 2 Inst. 213.The monopoly of exclusive audience enjoyed by the serjeants in the Court of Common Pleas, during term time, ineffectually attempted to be abolished by Royal Warrant in 1834 [see In the Matter of the Serjeants-at-law, (1840) 6 Bing NC 235], was abolished in 1846 by 9 & 10 Vict. c. 54.The judges of the Common Law Courts were formerly req...
Precept
Precept, a rule authoritatively given; a mandate: (1) A command in writing by a justice of the peace or other officer, for bringing a person or record before him; the direction of the sheriff to the proper officer to proceed to the election of members of Parliament; a command to a sheriff to empannel a jury; also a provocation whereby one incites another to commit a felony.(2) Under the Rating and Valuation Act, 1925, as amended by the Local Government Act, 1929, the mandate, styled 'precept to be sent' by the precept-ing authority to the rating authority to levy the general rate to a specified amount; and see Local Government Act, 1933, s. 193, for power of a parish council to issue precepts to its rural district council to meet certain expenses....
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