Legal Definition and Related Resources of Superintendent

One employed to direct the course and oversee the details; to have charge and direction; to manage , overlook with the power of direction, regulate with authority the work and the conduct of workmen.

noun

• administrator
• agent
• captain
• caretaker
• chief
• controller
• curator
• custodian
• director
• foreman
• governor
• guardian
• intendant
• leader
• manager
• master
• monitor
• overseer
• praefectus
• proctor
• steward
• supervisor
• taskmaster
• warden

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Superintendent in Historical Law

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Chief superintendent in Law Enforcement

Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of chief superintendent.

Resources

See Also

• Law Enforcement Officer
• Police Officer
• Law Enforcement Agency

Further Reading

• chief superintendent in A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (Oxford University Press)
• chief superintendent in the Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement
• A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis