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A Dictionary of Law · William C. Anderson · 1889

A Dictionary of Law

1.

The lower of two grades of authority or jurisdiction; subordinate: as. an inferior court or tribunal, an inferior officer. Opposed, sttpei-ior. See Court; Officer.

2.

Of less worth or importance; the less significant: as, when it is said that terms of a lower class cannot be extended by construction to include terms or members of a higher class. Thus, the term "animals," meaning quadrupeds, will not be held to include "birds." • See General; Superior.