presiding officer
See presiding officer (3) under OFFICER(2).
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minutes
minutes. 1. Memoranda or notes of a transaction or proceeding. 2. Parliamentary law. The formal record of a deliberative assembly’s proceedings, approved (as corrected, if necessary) by the assembly. — Also termed journal; record; report. See DISPENSE WITH THE READING OF THE MINUTES; SPREAD UPON THE MINUTES . “The minutes of an organization include a
gavel
gavel (gav-[schwa]l). 1. Hist. A tribute, toll, or custom paid to a superior. 2. Hist. An annual payment of rent or revenue, esp. payment in kind, such as gavel-corn, gavel-malt, or oat-gavel. — Sometimes spelled gabel. 3. A mallet used by a presiding officer, often a judge, to bring a meeting or court to order.
lord high steward
Lord High Steward. Hist. The speaker pro tempore and presiding officer in the House of Lords during a criminal trial of a peer for a felony or for treason. • The privilege of peerage in criminal proceedings was abolished in 1948.
hundredes earldor
hundredes earldor (h[schwa]n-dridz [schwa]rl-d[schwa]r), n. [Latinized Old English] Hist. The presiding officer in a hundred court. — Also termed hundredes man.
special term
special term 〈美〉特别开庭期 指法院在特别时期由负责官员〔presiding officer〕指定的处理某些特别事务的期间，区别于法院常规的开庭期或休庭期。在某些州，指法院由一名法官主持对申请〔motion〕和具有衡平法性质的案件进行初次审理和裁决的期间，区别于通常由三名法官主持审理上诉案件的一般开庭期〔general term〕。在某些司法区，还指除陪审团审判以外法庭处理事务的期间。
vice president
vice president, n. 1. An officer selected in advance to fill the presidency if the president dies, resigns, is removed from office, or cannot or will not serve. • The Vice President of the United States, who is elected at the same time as the President, serves as presiding officer of the Senate. On the
formula
formula. [Latin “set form of words”] 1. Roman law. A written document, prepared by a praetor and forwarded to a judex, identifying the issue to be tried and the judgment to be given by the judex. • It was based on model pleas formulated by the praetor in his edict and adapted by him or
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
stand adjourned
stand adjourned. (Of a meeting or proceeding) to be in a state of adjournment ( this court stands adjourned until 10:00 a.m. tomorrow). • This status is usu. announced by a judge or other presiding officer concerning the business scheduled to continue at a later time. — Often shortened to adjourned.