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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...
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)]...
Governor general
A governor who has lieutenant or deputy governors under him as the governor general of Canada of India...
Roman Catholics
Roman Catholics. Very severe laws, commonly called the penal laws, were passed against Roman Catholics, generally under the name of Papists (see that title), after the Reformation, an Act of Elizabeth, for instance, 13 Eliz. c. 2, punishing with the penalties of a pr'munire (see that title) any person bringing into this country any Agnus Dei, cross, picture, etc., from Rome; an Act of James, 3 Jac. 1, c. 5, penalizing the sale or purchase of Popish primers; and an Act of William and Mary (11 & 12 Wm. 3, c. 4), punishing any Papist assuming the education of youth with imprisonment for life. Exclusion from Parliament was effected by the requirement of the Declaration against Trans-ubstantiation (see TRANSUBSTANT- IATION) from members of either House by 30 Car. 2, s. 2, and disfranchisement by the requirements of the Oath of Supremacy by 7 & 8 Wm. 3, c. 27, s. 19; while 7 & 8 Wm. 3, c. 24, effected (until 1791) exclusion from the profession of barrister, attorney, or solicitor by requirin...
Colonel
The chief officer of a regiment an officer ranking next above a lieutenant colonel and next below a brigadier general...
Poyning's Act
Poyning's Act, or STATUTE OF DROGHEDA, and Act of Parliament, made in Ireland, 10 Hen. 7, c. 22, AD 1495; so called because Sir Edward Poynings was lieutenant there when it was made, whereby all general statutes before then made in England were declared of force in Ireland, which, before that time, they were not, 12 Rep. 109; 3 Hall, Const. Hist. c. xviii. p. 361....
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...
Provincial Act
Provincial Act, shall mean an Act made by the Governor-in-Council, Lieutenant Governor-in-Council or Chief Commissioner in Council of a Province under any of the Indian Councils Acts or the Government of India Act, 1915, or an Act made by the local legislature or the Governor of a province under the Government of India Act, or an Act made by the Provincial Legislature or Governor of a Province or the Coorg Legislative Council under the Government of India Act, 1935. [General Clauses Act, 1897 (10 of 1897), s. 3(46)]...
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