in chief
in chief 主要的；原始的；直接获得 用于修饰证据时，指提供证人的一方在法庭上通过直接询问证人而获得的证据；用于修饰土地保有权时，tenure in chief指直接从国王那里获得的保有权。
IN CHIEF
in chief
in chief. 1. Principal, as opposed to collateral or incidental. 2. Denoting the part of a trial in which the main body of evidence is presented. See CASE-IN-CHIEF F.