Legal Definition and Related Resources of Chief
Meaning of Chief
paramount authority in a bureaucratic structure. principal , main, important, primary . Beam v civil service commission of Spokane, 468 P.2d 998, 77 Wash.2d951.
Chief Alternative Definition
One who is put above the rest; principal; the best of a number of things. Declaration in Chief. A declaration for the principal cause of action. 1 Tidd, Prac. 419. Examination in Chief. The first examination of a witness by the party who produces him. 1 Greenl. Ev. § 445. Tenant in Chief. One who held directly of the king. 1 Washb. Real Prop. 19.
Synonyms of Chief
noun
- boss
- captain
- caput
- chairman
- chairperson
- chief controller
- chieftain
- commandant
- commander
- directing head
- director
- dux
- employer
- foreman
- foreperson
- general
- head
- headman
- headperson
- highest ranking person
- leader
- manager
- organizer
- overlooker
- overseer
- person in authority
- person in charge
- president
- primate
- piinceps
- principal
- principal person
- senior
- superior
- supervising director
- Associated Concepts: chief agent
- chief counsel
- chief deputy
- chief examiner
- chief executive
- chief executive officer
- chief fiscal officer
- chief judge
- chief justice
- chief of fire department
- chief of police
- chief officer of a corporation or business
- chief place of business
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Archbishop, Attorney General, Canterbury, Archbishop Of, Capital, Examination, Mayor, Merchant, Mutual Insurance Company, Paramount, President, Primary, Primate, Prince, Principal, Prior, Prothonotary, Puisne, Queen’s Bench, Collar Of S.s., Sovereign.
Translate Chief from English to Spanish
Translation of Chief, with examples. More about free online translation into Spanish of Jefe and other legal terms is available here.
- Jefe
- Principal
- Legal English Translation
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