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The advisory council of the chief executive officer of a nation; a cabinet council.

e his jurisdiction extended to the cases of soldiers, who are now tried only by their own officers.

The framework or skeleton upon which a regiment is to be formed; the officers of a regiment forming the staff. [Written also cader.]

The sulter's shop in a garrison; also, a chest containing culinary and other vessels for officers.

al. -- Flat cap, cap See Foolscap. -- Forage cap, the cloth undress head covering of an officer of soldier. -- Legal cap, a kind of folio writing paper, made for the use of lawyers, in long narrow sheets which have the fold at the top or "narrow edge." -- To set one's cap, to make a fool of one. (Obs.) Chaucer. --…

A writ or process commanding the officer to take the body of the person named in it, that is, to arrest him; -- also called writ of capias.

A head, or chief officer; as:

An ecclesiastical officer who had charge of records or other public papers.

One who has charge of money; a cash keeper; the officer who has charge of the payments and receipts (moneys, checks, notes), of a bank or a mercantile company.

t that is set and left. -- Casting voice, Casting vote, the decisive vote of a presiding officer, when the votes of the assembly or house are equally divided. "When there was an equal vote, the governor had the casting voice." B. Trumbull. -- Casting weight, a weight that turns a balance when exactly poised.…

A notice given by an interested party to some officer not to do a certain act until the party is heard in opposition; as, a caveat entered in a probate court to stop the proving of a will or the taking out of letters of administration, etc. Bouvier.

ing government. They sit in the middle of the legislative chamber, opposite the presiding officer, between the conservatives or monarchists, who sit on the right of the speaker, and the radicals or advanced republicans who occupy the seats on his left, See Right, and Left.

A military officer who commanded a minor division of the Roman army; a captain of a century. A centurion of the hand called the Italian band. Acts x. 1.

the Roman people formed according to their property, for the purpose of voting for civil officers.

sar, I never stood on ceremonies, Yet, now they fright me. Shak. Master of ceremonies, an officer who determines the forms to be observed, or superintends their observance, on a public occasion. -- Not to stand on ceremony, not to be ceremonious; to be familiar, outspoken, or bold.

s whether a person was absent in the army, this is tried by the certificate of the proper officer in writing, under his seal. Blackstone.

Formerly a chancery officer who fitted wax for sealing writs and other documents.

The presiding officer of an assembly; a chairman; as, to address the chair.

The presiding officer of a committee, or of a public or private meeting, or of any organized body.

An officer or servant who has charge of a chamber or chambers.