Rank
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
adj.
In English law
Excessive ; too large in amount; as a rank modus.
2 Bl. Comm. 30. n.
The order or placo in which certain officers are placed in the army and navy, in relation to others.
Wood v. U. S., 15 Ct. Cl. 158.