An officer
who has original jurisdiction in his own right, and not by
deputation.
The mass; the common run.
That which is so common, or continued, as
to be considered a settled establishment or institution.
Anything which is in ordinary or common
use.
A dining room or eating house where a meal
is prepared for all comers, at a fixed price for the meal, in
distinction from one where each dish is separately charged; a table
d'hôte; hence, also, the meal furnished at such a dining
room.
A charge or bearing of
simple form, one of nine or ten which are in constant use. The
bend, chevron, chief, cross,
fesse, pale, and saltire are uniformly admitted
as ordinaries. Some authorities include bar, bend
sinister, pile, and others. See
Subordinary.
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