Rank
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
The order or place In which certain officers are placed in the army and navy, in relation to others. The term is sometimes applied to debts or securities to indicate their precedence in respect to order of payment. ——In English Law. Excessive; too large in amount; as a rank modus.
2 Bl. Coram. 3Q.