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Officer in charge of a police station

police officer present at the station-house who is next in rank to such officer and is above the rank of constable

Officiating

of substantively, is appointed to a post in a higher rank, but not permanently or substantively, while still retaining his lien

Precedence or precedency

list, in which those marked * are entitled to the rank here allotted them by 31 Hen. 8, c. 10; marked

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Reeve

or bailiff. See DYKE-REEVE; FIELD-REEVE. A ministerial officer of high rank having local jurisdiction, the chief magistrate of a hundred, Black's

Solicitor-General

he is a subordinate member. He is usually knighted. He ranks after the Attorney-General, and receives an annual salary and fees;

Sovereignty

Sovereignty, means 'supremacy in respect of power, dominion or rank; supreme dominion authority or rule. Sovereignty is the right to

Subordinate

s. 165) 1. Placed in or belonging to a lower rank, class or position. 2. Subject to another's authority or control,

Suspension

Guj 143. Suspension, to equate it to a reduction in rank. One of the meanings of the word is; 'to deter'

Yeoman, or Yoman

gentleman farmer; also, a 40s. freeholder not advanced to the rank of a gentleman; the highest order among the plebeians, 2

Skat

3 jack 2 The four jacks are the best trumps ranking club spade heart diamond and ten outranks king or queen

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