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Captain :: Captain (n.) The master or commanding officer of a merchant vessel.

Imperious :: Imperious (a.) Commanding; ascendant; imperial; lordly; majestic.

Mainprise :: Mainprise (n.) A writ directed to the sheriff, commanding him to take sureties, called mainpernors, for the prisoner's appearance, and to let him go at large. This writ is now obsolete..

Attachment :: Attachment (n.) The writ or percept commanding such seizure or taking.

Commandment :: Commandment (n.) The act of commanding; exercise of authority.

Fieri Facias :: Fieri facias () A judicial writ that lies for one who has recovered in debt or damages, commanding the sheriff that he cause to be made of the goods, chattels, or real estate of the defendant, the sum claimed..

Praecipe :: Praecipe (n.) A writ commanding something to be done, or requiring a reason for neglecting it..

Commodore :: Commodore (n.) A captain commanding a squadron, or a division of a fleet, or having the temporary rank of rear admiral..

Pentecoster :: Pentecoster (n.) An officer in the Spartan army commanding fifty men.

Writ :: Writ (n.) An instrument in writing, under seal, in an epistolary form, issued from the proper authority, commanding the performance or nonperformance of some act by the person to whom it is directed; as, a writ of entry, of error, of execution, of injunction, of mandamus, of return, of summons, and the like..

Imperant :: Imperant (a.) Commanding.

Flagship :: Flagship (n.) The vessel which carries the commanding officer of a fleet or squadron and flies his distinctive flag or pennant.

Brief :: Brief (n.) A writ issuing from the chancery, directed to any judge ordinary, commanding and authorizing that judge to call a jury to inquire into the case, and upon their verdict to pronounce sentence..

Commanding :: Commanding (a.) Exercising authority; actually in command; as, a commanding officer..

Commanding :: Commanding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Comman.

Mandate :: Mandate (n.) A rescript of the pope, commanding an ordinary collator to put the person therein named in possession of the first vacant benefice in his collation..

Capias :: Capias (n.) 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..

Precipient :: Precipient (a.) Commanding; directing.

Commanding :: Commanding (a.) Exalted; overlooking; having superior strategic advantages; as, a commanding position..

Imperatorial :: Imperatorial (a.) Commanding; imperative; authoritative.

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