chaplain

Defined in 5 dictionaries — U.S. Code, Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)

United States Code

2 U.S.C. § 1881 — in this subchapter (2 versions over time)

the terms "chaplain", "firefighter", "law enforcement officer", "member of a rescue squad or ambulance crew", and "public agency" have the meanings given such terms in section 10284 of title 34;

34 U.S.C. § 10284 — as used in this subchapter

"chaplain" includes any individual serving as an officially recognized or designated member of a legally organized volunteer fire department or legally organized police department, or an officially recognized or designated public employee of a legally organized fire or police department who was responding to a fire, rescue, or police emergency;

42 U.S.C. § 3796B — as used in this subchapter

“chaplain” includes any individual serving as an officially recognized or designated member of a legally organized volunteer fire department or legally organized police department, or an officially recognized or designated public employee of a legally organized fire or police department who was responding to a fire, rescue, or police emergency;

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The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

(1) An ecclesiastic who performs divine service in a chapel; but it more commonly means one who attends upon a king, prince, or other person of quality, for the performance of clerical duties in a private chapel. 4 Coke, 90; Wharton. (2) A clergyman officially attached to a ship of war, to an army or regiment, or to CHAPMAN (said to be from German copeman). A trader who trades from place to place. Ryder, C. J., construing St. 5 Anne, c. 14.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

One officiating in a chapel.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

An ecolesiastic who performs divine service in a chapel; but it more commonly means one who attends upon a king, prince or other person of quality, for the performance of clerical duties in a private chapel. 4 Coke, 90. A clergyman officially attached to a ship of war, to an army, (or regiment,) or to some public institution, fpr the purpose of performing divine service. Webster.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

An ecclesiastic who performs divine service in a chapel; but it more commonly means one who attends upon a king, prince, or other person of quality, for the performance of clerie¢:] duties in a private chapel. 4 Coke, 90. A clergyman officially attached to a ship of war, to an army, (or regiment,) or to some public institution, for the purpose of performing divine service. Webster.