Chief
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
One who is put above the rest.
Principal.
The best of a number of things. Declaration in chief is a declaration for the principal cause of action.
1 Tidd, Pr. 419.
Examination in chief is the first examination of a witness by the party who produces him.
1 Greenl. Ev. § 4 15.
Tenant in chief was one who held directly of the king.
1 Washb. R. P. *19.