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An army officer in rank next below a general and next above a major general...
Major general
An officer of the army holding a rank next above that of brigadier general and next below that of lieutenant general and who usually commands a division or a corps...
Lord 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....
Governor general
A governor who has lieutenant or deputy governors under him as the governor general of Canada of India...
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....
Judge Advocate, Judge Advocate-General
Judge Advocate, Judge Advocate-General. The Judge Advocate-General is an officer appointed by letters-patent under the Great Seal. He is under the orders of the Secretary of State for War to whom he acts as legal adviser. One of his functions is to review Court-martial proceedings. All general military courts-martial are attended by a judge advocate acting by deputation, either special or general, under the hand and seal of the judge advocate-general; or by a person appointed by general officers commanding the forces abroad, to execute the office of judge advocate. The duties of an officiating judge advocate at a Court-martial are to superintend the proceedings, to make a minute of the proceedings, and to advise the Court on points of law, of custom, and of form, and so far to assist the prisoner as to elicit a full statement of the facts material to the defence. The proceedings of general courts-martial held at home are trans-mitted by the officiating judge advocate to the judge advoc...
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