Superiob

io 1, adj.

Higher in rank than another person or thing; opposed to inferior, q. v. A statute which treats of persons or things of an inferior rank cannot by general words be extended to those of a superior rank.ii See General, 6. Higher in authority than another, yet not the highest: as, a court intermediate between an inferior court or courts and a higher court or courts or the court of last resort, and the jurisdiction of which may extend over a city, a county, several counties as one district, or over a State. See further Court. 2, n. One who controls the actions of another; a principal, as distinguished from his agent. See Respondere, Respondeat.