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Subordinate

(553): (1963) 3 SCR 800. (Indian Penal Code, 1860, s. 165) 1. Placed in or belonging to a lower rank, class or position. 2. Subject to another's authority or control, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1439. … (1963) 3 SCR 800. (Indian Penal Code, 1860, s. 165) 1. Placed in or belonging to a lower rank, class or position. 2. Subject to another's authority or control, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1439. Subordinate,

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or fallen in status social position class or rank fallen from a high status or rank to a lower one … reduced or fallen in status social position class or rank fallen from a high status or rank to a lower one

Brevet

corresponding pay. Brevet rank does not exist in the royal navy, and in the army it neither descends lower than that of captain, nor ascends above that of lieutenant-colonel. French Law. A privilege or warrant granted by … Brevet, a commission conferring on an officer a degree of rank immediately above that which he holds in his particular regiment; without, however, conveying a power to receive the

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Degradation

The act of reducing in rank character or reputation or of abasing a lowering from ones standing or rank in office or society diminution as the degradation of a peer a knight … The act of reducing in rank character or reputation or of abasing a lowering from ones standing or rank in office or society diminution

Demote

To reduce to a lower grade or rank as in the military ones employment or in school to assign to a lower position … To reduce to a lower grade or rank as in the military ones employment or in school to assign to a lower position

Pursuivant

A functionary of lower rank than a herald but discharging similar duties called also pursuivant at arms an attendant of the heralds … A functionary of lower rank than a herald but discharging similar duties called also pursuivant at arms an attendant of the heralds Also

Protopope

One of the clergy of first rank in the lower order of secular clergy an archpriest called also protopapas … One of the clergy of first rank in the lower order of secular clergy an archpriest called also protopapas

Enrolled member of the force

the force, means any subordinate officer, under officer or any other member of the Force of a rank lower than that of under officer. [Railway Protection Force Act, 1957, s. 2 (1) (bb); Also see Central Industrial … of the force, means any subordinate officer, under officer or any other member of the Force of a rank lower than that of under officer. [Railway Protection Force Act, 1957, s. 2 (1) (bb); Also see Central

Puisne

Puisne [fr. puisne Fr.], junior, inferior, lower in rank. The several judges and barons of the former Common Law Courts to Westminster, other than the … Puisne [fr. puisne Fr.], junior, inferior, lower in rank. The several judges and barons of the former Common Law Courts to Westminster, other than the chiefs, were

Reduce

Reduce, means to lessen in anyway in size, weight, amount, value, price etc., to diminish; to lower as in rank or position, to decrease. The word is wide enough to include punishment of stoppage of … means to lessen in anyway in size, weight, amount, value, price etc., to diminish; to lower as in rank or position, to decrease. The word is wide enough to include punishment of stoppage of increments in future,

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