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navy department

Navy Department. A division of the Department of Defense that oversees the operation and efficiency of the Navy, including the Marine Corps component (and the U.S. Coast Guard when operating as a naval service). • Established in 1798, the Department is headed by the Secretary of the Navy, who is appointed by the President and

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advance sheets

advance sheets. A softcover pamphlet containing recently reported opinions by a court or set of courts. • Advance sheets are published during the interim between an opinion’s announcement and its inclusion in a bound volume of law reports. Cf. slip opinion (1) under OPINION; REPORT(3). [Cases: Courts 103; Reports 1. C.J.S. Courts §§ 170, 173–174,

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chair

chair. Parliamentary law. 1. A deliberative assembly’s presiding officer (the chair calls for order). See PRESIDE. 2. The presiding officer’s seat (take the chair). 3. The officer who heads an organization (the treasurer reports directly to the chair). — Also termed chairman (of a male chair, in senses 1 & 3); chairwoman (of a female

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