"Prefect" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL, ENGLISH

Prefect LAW AND LEGAL

Definition:

In French law. The name given to the public functionary who is churg-ed in chief with the administration of the laws, in each department of the country. Merl. Repert. See Crespln v. U- S., 168 U. S. 208, 18 Sup. CL 53, 42 L. Ed. 438. The term is also used, in practically the same sense, in Mexico. But ln New Mexico, a prefect is a probate judge

prefect ENGLISH

Definition:

In the Greek and Roman Catholic churches, a title of
certain dignitaries below the rank of bishop.

prefect ENGLISH

Definition:

A Roman officer who controlled or superintended a
particular command, charge, department, etc.; as, the prefect of the
aqueducts; the prefect of a camp, of a fleet, of the city guard, of
provisions; the pretorian prefect, who was commander of the troops
guarding the emperor's person.

prefect ENGLISH

Definition:

A superintendent of a department who has control of its
police establishment, together with extensive powers of municipal
regulation.

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A visitor asked Lincoln what good news he could take home from an audience with the august executive. The president spun a story about a machine that baffled a chess champion by beating him thrice. The stunned champ cried while inspecting the machine, "There's a man in there!"Lincoln's good news, he confided from the heights of leadership, was that there was in fact a man in there.

Shelby Foote, The Civil War, Vol. 1: Fort Sumter to Perryville

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Morris was passing a small courtyard and heard voices murmuring.He went in and saw an altar with a large zero in the middle anda banner that said 'N I L'. White-robed people were kneeling before the altar chanting hymnsto The Great Nullity ,The Blessed Emptiness, and The Big Zero inthe Sky. Morris turned to a white-robed observer beside him and wispered,.... ...... "Is Nothing Sacred?"

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ON. A judicial controversy. A contest ln a court of justice, for the purpose of enforcing a right