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Deputy lieutenant
(gcide) | Lieutenant \Lieu*ten"ant\ (l[-u]*t[e^]n"ant), n. [F., fr. lieu
place + tenant holding, p. pr. of tenir to hold, L. tenere.
See Lieu, and Tenant, and cf. Locum tenens.]
1. An officer who supplies the place of a superior in his
absence; a representative of, or substitute for, another
in the performance of any duty.
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The lawful magistrate, who is the vicegerent or
lieutenant of God. --Abp.
Bramhall.
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2.
(a) A commissioned officer in the army, next below a
captain.
(b) A commissioned officer in the British navy, in rank
next below a commander.
(c) A commissioned officer in the United States navy, in
rank next below a lieutenant commander.
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Note: Lieutenant is often used, either adjectively or in
hyphened compounds, to denote an officer, in rank next
below another, especially when the duties of the higher
officer may devolve upon the lower one; as, lieutenant
general, or lieutenant-general; lieutenant colonel, or
lieutenant-colonel; lieutenant governor, etc.
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Deputy lieutenant, the title of any one of the deputies or
assistants of the lord lieutenant of a county. [Eng.]
Lieutenant colonel, an army officer next in rank above
major, and below colonel.
Lieutenant commander, an officer in the United States navy,
in rank next below a commander and next above a
lieutenant.
Lieutenant general. See in Vocabulary.
Lieutenant governor.
(a) An officer of a State, being next in rank to the
governor, and in case of the death or resignation of
the latter, himself acting as governor. [U. S.]
(b) A deputy governor acting as the chief civil officer of
one of several colonies under a governor general.
[Eng.]
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DEPUTY DISTRICT ATTORNEYS
(bouvier) | DEPUTY DISTRICT ATTORNEYS. The Act of Congress of March 3, 1815, 2 Story L.
U. S. 1530, authorizes and directs the district attorneys of the United
States to appoint by warrant, an attorney as their substitute or deputy in
all cases when necessary to sue or prosecute for the United States, in any
of the state or county courts, by that act invested with certain
jurisdiction, within the sphere of whose jurisdiction the said district
attorneys do not themselves reside or practice; and the said substitute or
deputy shall be sworn or affirmed to the faithful execution of his duty.
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DEPUTY OF THE ATTORNEY GENERA
(bouvier) | DEPUTY OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL. An officer appointed by the attorney
general, who is to hold his office during the pleasure of the latter, and
whose duty it is to perform, within a specified district, the duties of the
attorney general. He must be a member of the bar. In Pennsylvania, by an act
of assembly, passed May 3, 1850, district attorneys are elected by the
people, who are required to perform the duties which, before that act, were
performed by deputies of the attorney general.
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