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Pentecoster
An officer in the Spartan army commanding fifty men
Proconsul
officer who discharged the duties of a consul without being himself consul a governor of or a military commander in a province He was usually one who had previously been consul
Mandamus
Mandamus [we command). (1) A high prerogative writ of a most extensive remedial nature. In form it is a command issuing … 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
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writ
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
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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 … 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
Serjeant
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, … abolished. See Pulling's Law of the Coif. Lord Lindley, d. 1921, was the last surviving Serjeant-at-Law. (2) Serjeants-at-arms, officers attending the sover-eign's person to arrest individuals of distinction offending, and give attendance on the Lord High Steward
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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
Admiral
Admiral, [derived through the Fr. amiral, from Amir al Bahir, Arab., commander of the sea or fleet], an officer having high command in the Royal Navy. An admiral has two
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