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Home Dictionary Name: lieutenantLord Lieutenant of a County
Lord Lieutenant of a County, an officer of great distinction, appointed by the Crown for the managing of the standing militia of the county, and all military mattes therein. Lords lieutenant are supposed to have been introduced about the reign of Henry VIII., for they are mentioned as known offices in the 4 & 5 Ph. & M. c. 3, though they had not been long in use; for Camden speaks of them in the time of Queen Elizabeth as extraordinary magistrates, constituted only in times of difficulty and danger. They are generally of the principal nobility, and of the best interest in the county; they are to form the militia in case of a rebellion, etc., and march at the head of them, as the Crown shall direct. They have the power of presenting to the sovereign the names of deputy-lieutenants, who are to be selected from the best gentry in the county, and act in the absence of the Lord Lieutenant. Their jurisdiction and privileges in relation to the militia, yeomanry, and volunteers reverted to her...
Deputy Lieutenant
Deputy Lieutenant, the deputy of a lord lieutenant of a county. Each lord lieutenant has several deputies....
Lieutenancy
The office rank or commission of a lieutenant...
Lieutenancy, Commission of
Lieutenancy, Commission of. See COMMISSIONOF ARRAY....
Lieutenant
Lieutenant [fr. lieu, Fr., a place, and tenant, holding], a deputy 'locum tenens; one who acts by vicarious authority; a naval and military rank....
Lord Lieutenant
Lord Lieutenant, formerly the chief governor or viceroy of Ireland. See IRELAND....
Province
Province, the district over which the jurisdiction of an archbishop extends. England is divided into two provinces, Canterbury and York; the province of York comprises all north of the Humber, i.e., Yorkshire and Lancashire, etc., and Cheshire; all the rest of the island is in the province of Canterbury. A county; an outlying county gover-ned by a deputy or lieutenant. Metaphorically, the sphere of duty: as the province of the judge and the province of the jury.Province shall mean a Presidency, a Governor's Province, a Lieutenant Governor's Province or a Chief Commissioner's Province. [General Clauses Act, 1897, s. 3(45)]...
Yeomanry cavairy
Yeomanry cavairy, a denomination given to those troops of horse which were levied among the gentlemen and yeomen of the country, upon the same principle as the Volunteer companies. See the National Defence Act, 1888 (51 & 52 Vict. c. 31); and the Militia and Yeomanry Act, 1901 (1 Edw. 7), s. 14. As to the former powers of the lords lieutenant of counties in reference to this force, see title LORD LIEUTENANT. The units composing the force were transferred to the Territorial Force by the Territorial Army and Militia Act, 1921 (11 & 12 Geo. 5, c. 37). See TERRITORIAL ARMY....
Colonel
The chief officer of a regiment an officer ranking next above a lieutenant colonel and next below a brigadier general...
commissioned
holding by virtue of a commission a rank of second lieutenant or ensign or above of military officers Contrasts with noncommissioned...
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