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In chief
(gcide) | Chief \Chief\ (ch[=e]n), n. [OE. chief, chef, OF. chief, F.
chef, fr. L. caput head, possibly akin to E. head. Cf.
Captain, Chapter]
1. The head or leader of any body of men; a commander, as of
an army; a head man, as of a tribe, clan, or family; a
person in authority who directs the work of others; the
principal actor or agent.
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2. The principal part; the most valuable portion.
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The chief of the things which should be utterly
destroyed. --1 Sam. xv.
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3. (Her.) The upper third part of the field. It is supposed
to be composed of the dexter, sinister, and middle chiefs.
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In chief.
(a) At the head; as, a commander in chief.
(b) (Eng. Law) From the king, or sovereign; as, tenure in
chief, tenure directly from the king.
Syn: Chieftain; captain; general; commander; leader; head;
principal; sachem; sagamore; sheik.
Usage: Chief, chieftain, Commander, Leader. These
words fluctuate somewhat in their meaning according to
circumstances, but agree in the general idea of rule
and authority. The term chief is now more usually
applied to one who is a head man, leader, or commander
in civil or military affairs, or holds a hereditary or
acquired rank in a tribe or clan; as, the chief of
police; the chief of an Indian tribe. A chieftain is
the chief of a clan or tribe, or a military leader. A
commander directs the movements of or has control over
a body of men, as a military or naval force. A leader
is one whom men follow, as in a political party, a
legislative body, a military or scientific expedition,
etc., one who takes the command and gives direction in
particular enterprises.
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editor in chief
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Commander in chief
(gcide) | Commander \Com*mand"er\, n. [Cf. F. commandeur. Cf. Commodore,
Commender.]
1. A chief; one who has supreme authority; a leader; the
chief officer of an army, or of any division of it.
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A leader and commander to the people. --Is. lv. 4.
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2. (Navy) An officer who ranks next below a captain, --
ranking with a lieutenant colonel in the army.
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3. The chief officer of a commandery.
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4. A heavy beetle or wooden mallet, used in paving, in sail
lofts, etc.
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Commander in chief, the military title of the officer who
has supreme command of the land or naval forces or the
united forces of a nation or state; a generalissimo. The
President is commander in chief of the army and navy of
the United States.
Syn: See Chief.
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Examination in chief
(gcide) | Examination \Ex*am`i*na"tion\, n. [L. examinatio: cf. F.
examination.]
1. The act of examining, or state of being examined; a
careful search, investigation, or inquiry; scrutiny by
study or experiment.
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2. A process prescribed or assigned for testing
qualification; as, the examination of a student, or of a
candidate for admission to the bar or the ministry.
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He neglected the studies, . . . stood low at the
examinations. --Macaulay.
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Examination in chief, or Direct examination (Law), that
examination which is made of a witness by a party calling
him.
Cross-examination, that made by the opposite party.
Re["e]xamination, or Re-direct examination, (Law) that
questioning of a witness at trial made by the party
calling the witness, after, and upon matters arising out
of, the cross-examination; also called informally
re-direct.
Syn: Search; inquiry; investigation; research; scrutiny;
inquisition; inspection; exploration.
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Tenant in chief
(gcide) | Tenant \Ten"ant\, n. [F. tenant, p. pr. of tenir to hold. See
Tenable, and cf. Lieutenant.]
1. (Law) One who holds or possesses lands, or other real
estate, by any kind of right, whether in fee simple, in
common, in severalty, for life, for years, or at will;
also, one who has the occupation or temporary possession
of lands or tenements the title of which is in another; --
correlative to landlord. See Citation from --Blackstone,
under Tenement, 2. --Blount. Wharton.
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2. One who has possession of any place; a dweller; an
occupant. "Sweet tenants of this grove." --Cowper.
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The hhappy tenant of your shade. --Cowley.
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The sister tenants of the middle deep. --Byron.
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Tenant in capite [L. in in + capite, abl. of caput head,
chief.], or Tenant in chief, by the laws of England, one
who holds immediately of the king. According to the feudal
system, all lands in England are considered as held
immediately or mediately of the king, who is styled lord
paramount. Such tenants, however, are considered as having
the fee of the lands and permanent possession.
--Blackstone.
Tenant in common. See under Common.
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commander in chief
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n 1: the officer who holds the supreme command; "in the U.S. the
president is the commander in chief" [syn: {commander in
chief}, generalissimo] |
editor in chief
(wn) | editor in chief
n 1: a person responsible for the editorial aspects of
publication; the person who determines the final content of
a text (especially of a newspaper or magazine) [syn:
editor, editor in chief] |
EXTENT IN CHIEF
(bouvier) | EXTENT IN CHIEF, English practice. An execution issuing out of the exchequer
at the suit 'of the crown. It is a mere "fiscal writ. See. West on Extents;
2 Tidd. Index.
2. When land was extended at a valuation too low, there was no remedy
at common law but to pay the money. 15 H. VII. Nor yet in chancery, unless
there was fraud, because the extent was made by the oath of a jury, and
deemed reasonable according to the writ of extent for that cause: otherwise
every verdict might be examined in a court of chancery. Crompt. on.
Jurisdic. 55 a.
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