Lieutenant Governor
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
In English law
<A deputy-governor, acting as the chief civil officer of one of several colonies undera governor general.
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In American law
An officer of a state, sometimes charged with special duties, but chiefly important as the deputy or substitute of the governor, acting in the place of the governor upon the latter’s death, resignation, or disability.