non-commissioned officers

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• commissioned officers

  Those appointed by commissions. Such are admirals, down to lieutenants, in the royal navy; and in th...

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• Commissioned

  ·Impf & ·p.p. of <<Commission>>. ...

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• non

  nōn (old collat. forms noenum and noenu, cf. Lachm. ad Lucr. tom. 2, p. 149 sq.: I noenum pro non ...

  A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

• non

  nōn (1) adv.for old noenum, ne+oenum (unum), not, by no means, not at all : hocine agis an non?T.:...

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• Non

  ·adj No; not. ·see <<No>>, ·adj. ...

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• Non-

  ·- A prefix used in the sense of not; un-; in-; as in nonattention, or non-attention, nonconformity,...

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• Non

  posterity; a fish; eternal ...

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• Non

  (fish). Nun, the father of Joshua. (1 Chronicles 7:27) ...

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• brother-officers

  Those of the same ship or regiment. ...

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• field-officers

  The colonel, lieutenant-colonels, and majors of a regiment; so called because, not having the common...

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• general officers

  All those above the rank of a colonel. ...

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• officers' effects

  The effects of officers who die on board are not generally sold; but should they be submitted to auc...

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• signing officers

  The captain, senior lieutenant, master, and purser (now paymaster); but where the document relates t...

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• Dies non

  ·- A day on which courts are not held, as Sunday or any legal holiday. ...

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• Non assumpsit

  ·- The general plea or denial in an action of assumpsit. ...

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• Non compos

  ·- ·Alt. of Non compos mentis. ...

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• Non liquet

  ·- It is not clear; — a verdict given by a jury when a matter is to be deferred to another day of t...

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• Non obstante

  ·- Notwithstanding; in opposition to, or in spite of, what has been stated, or is to be stated or ad...

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• Non pros.

  ·- An abbreviation of Non prosequitur. ...

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• Non prosequitur

  ·- A judgment entered against the plaintiff in a suit where he does not appear to prosecute. ·see No...

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• Non sequitur

  ·- An inference which does not follow from the premises. ...

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• Non-ego

  ·noun The union of being and relation as distinguished from, and contrasted with, the ego. ·see <<Eg...

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• Non-Episcopal

  ·adj Not Episcopal; not pertaining to the Episcopal church or system. ...

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• Non-feasance

  ·noun An omission or neglect to do something, ·esp. that which ought to have been done. ·cf. <<Malfe...

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• Non-pros

  ·vt To decline or fail to prosecute; to allow to be dropped (said of a suit); to enter judgment agai...

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• Non-prossing

  ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of Non-pros. ...

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• non-con

  A nonconformist, presbyterian, or any other dissenter. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• non-committal

  That does not commit or pledge himself to any particular measure. A political term in frequent use. ...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• non-committalism

  The practice or doctrine of not committing oneself. Much of what Governor W---- says in his message...

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• non-election

  Failure of election.--Webster. ...

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• non-manufacturing

  Not carrying on manufactures; as, 'non-manufacturing States.'--Webster. ...

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• non-payment

  Neglect of payment. Webster. ...

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• non-combatants

  A term applied erroneously to the purser, master surgeon, &c., of a man-of-war, for all men on board...

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• non-recoil

  This was effected by securing the breeching while the gun was run out: often practised in small vess...

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• custom-house officers

  A term comprehending all the officials employed in enforcing the customs. ...

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• quarter-deck officers

  A term implying the executive in general; officers whose places in action are there, in command. ...

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• regimental staff-officers

  The surgeon, adjutant, paymaster, assistant-surgeon, and quarter-master of each regiment. ...

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• ward-room officers

  Those who mess in the ward-room, namely: the commander, lieutenants, master, chaplain, surgeon, paym...

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• Non compos mentis

  ·- Not of sound mind; not having the regular use of reason; hence, also, as a noun, an idiot; a luna...

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• Non est factum

  ·- The plea of the general issue in an action of debt on bond. ...

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• Non est inventus

  ·- The return of a sheriff on a writ, when the defendant is not found in his county. ...

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• non-condensing engine

  A high-pressure steam-engine. ...

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