Chief
A Dictionary of Law · William C. Anderson · 1889
A Dictionary of Law
'^ The head: principal; leading; above, higher, or preceding another or others. Compare Primary. Chief Executive. The President of the IJnited States. See President. Chief justice. The presiding judge of a court of errors and appeals. See further Judge. In chief. A shortened form of the phrase " examination in chief: " the first examination of a witness by the party who calls him; the direct examination of a witness.''
See Examination, 9.
Tenant in chief.
See Feud.