(n.) One appointed as the substitute of another, and empowered to act for him, in his name or his behalf; a substitute in office; a lieutenant; a representative; a delegate; a vicegerent; as, the deputy of a prince, of a sheriff, of a township, etc.
(n.) A member of the Chamber of Deputies.
Example Sentences:
(1) Richard Hill, deputy chief executive at the Homes & Communities Agency , said: "As social businesses, housing associations already have a good record of re-investing their surpluses to build new homes and improve those of their existing tenants.
(2) At the end of the year, however, Hugh Davies QC, deputy counsel to the inquiry, also resigned.
(3) Cape no longer has the monopoly on talent; the stars are scattered these days, and Franklin's "fantastically discriminating" deputy Robin Robertson can take credit for many recent triumphs, including their most recent Booker winner, Anne Enright.
(4) It has also been given to Sir Andrew Large, a former deputy governor of the Bank of England, whose report on lending failures by RBS will also be released on Monday.
(5) Terry Waite Chair, Benedict Birnberg Deputy chair, Antonio Ferrara CEO The Prisons Video Trust • If I want to build a bridge, I call in a firm of civil engineers who specialise in bridge-building.
(6) There are no more parties, there is only Greece," said Markos Bolaris, the new deputy health minister and close ally of the former prime minister George Papandreou .
(7) The private eye was well known to the News of the World, having worked for the paper for several years before he was jailed, when Coulson was deputy editor.
(8) Norwich Ownership Delia Smith and her husband Michael Wynn Jones own 53.1% of the club’s shares; deputy chairman Michael Foulger owns approximately 16% Gate receipts £12m Broadcasting and media £70m Catering £4m Commercial & other income £12m Net debt Not stated; £2.7m bank overdraft, no directors’ loans.
(9) Chester’s proposal for Hartsuyker to be the next deputy leader excludes other senior Nationals figures who are in the current Turnbull ministry, including assistant infrastructure minister Michael McCormack and rural health minister Fiona Nash.
(10) As for Scotland Soccer Club, Altidore's deputy at franchise level, Steven Fletcher, is gonna be the guy that the hosts will look to kick the soccer ball in to the soccer goal interior.
(11) Cal Zastrow, also with the group, said that, although he has stood by Davis throughout the ordeal, he wouldn’t support the clerk’s policy to allow deputies to issue licenses without her authorization.
(12) Sir James Crosby, the chief executive until 2006, was forced to resign as deputy chairman of the Financial Services Authority after the Treasury select committee produced allegations by a whistleblower that the bank was "going too fast".
(13) "This is a massive and indiscriminate lack of trust that symbolises the rejection of the government," said Frédéric Dabi, deputy director general of pollsters Ifop.
(14) "Not much has changed," said Frans Cronje, deputy chief executive of the South African Institute of Race Relations.
(15) "It is not true that at this time a flight of deposits from Bankia is taking place," said Fernando Jiménez Latorre, the deputy economy minister.
(16) Jenny Jones, a Green party member of the London Assembly who has campaigned to make cycling safer, said she had spoken to the deputy head of the Met's traffic unit to express her worries about the operation.
(17) Deputy Commissioner Catherine Burn ran the counter-terrorism operation under Task Force Pioneer, which was led by assistant commissioner Mark Murdoch, who reports to Burn.
(18) He was due to unveil the plan next week but the announcement was postponed when one of his deputies, Ray Lewis, was forced to stand down on Friday, following allegations of financial irregularities and inappropriate behaviour.
(19) "We are trying to build a city that is sustainable and we are not being allowed to," said David Hopkins, deputy leader of the council.
(20) 9.59am GMT Summary We’ll leave you with a summary of what transpired here throughout the day: • Julia Gillard announced a contest for her position as prime minister following calls by Simon Crean, a senior minister in her government, for her to be replaced by her predecessor, Kevin Rudd • Shortly before the ballot was to take place Kevin Rudd announced he would not stand for the Labor Party leadership , re-iterating his promise to the Australian people that he would not challenge Julia Gillard • When it came time for the ballot, Gillard was the only person who stood for the leadership and she and her deputy Wayne Swan were elected unopposed .
Sheriff
Definition:
(n.) The chief officer of a shire or county, to whom is intrusted the execution of the laws, the serving of judicial writs and processes, and the preservation of the peace.
Example Sentences:
(1) An investigation into the shooting by the Cuyahoga County sheriff’s office has been completed and handed to the office of McGinty, the county prosecutor.
(2) Methamphetamine abuse is increasing and methamphetamine is second only to alcohol as a positive finding in cases submitted to the San Diego Sheriff's Crime Laboratory.
(3) Tim Casey, Arpaio's attorney, said the position of the Sheriff's Office "is that it has never used race and will never use race in its law-enforcement decisions."
(4) Sheriff Parnell McNamara of McLennan County will help lead the criminal investigation.
(5) The local sheriff wanted to bury the body as soon as possible in Mississippi.
(6) Around 50 suburban Chicago police departments and sheriff’s offices assisted, racking up more than $300,000 in overtime and other costs, according to an analysis that the Daily Herald newspaper published in early October.
(7) The local sheriff, FBI and other law enforcement officials have so far held back from confronting the militia, who are heavily armed and have lookouts on a watchtower.
(8) They walked past multiple sheriff’s deputies on the way out to their trucks.
(9) Douglas county sheriff John Hanlin said during the press conference that officials were still working to notify victims next-of-kin and said the medical examiner’s office was expected to release their names and brief biographies Friday afternoon.
(10) After finding him guilty of all 23 charges of assault and one of breach of the peace, Sheriff Kathrine Mackie said his claims of self-defence, provocation and a conspiracy by his ex-wives were "not credible".
(11) John Howard delighted in his role as George W Bush’s “deputy sheriff”, while Kevin Rudd’s Cheshire cat smile was never widest than when beaming at Barack Obama.
(12) There’s a new sheriff in town.” Facebook Twitter Pinterest Blasts from the past.
(13) Dan Houston, the sheriff of Bernalillo County, admits he had never heard of White's character, or Cranston, the actor who won multiple Emmy awards for the role, when he was first approached to provide a funeral escort.
(14) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Palm Beach county sheriff officers with in riot gear keep protesters against Donald Trump away from the entrance to the president’s Mar-a-Lago resor.
(15) All I could think of were the families once living in these homes and the day the banks and sheriff put them on the street.
(16) The Texas car chase started when a sheriff's deputy in Montague County tried to pull over the Cadillac around 11 a.m. local time Thursday, authorities there said.
(17) Photograph: Multnomah County sheriff's office Geoffrey Stanek was one of the last of the 25 to be arrested.
(18) #ocetisakowincamp #nodapl A photo posted by Colin McCarthy (@colinnnnn) on Nov 12, 2016 at 10:34am PST The man, identified as Richard Leingang by the Morton County sheriff’s office, was driving on County Road 82 when he was “stopped and accosted by protesters”, said Maxine Herr, a spokeswoman for the sheriff’s office.
(19) Sheriff Bannerman, who calls for Johnny's help, reappears in Cujo and in Different Seasons' The Body .
(20) The Morton County sheriff’s office said it took action to “enforce the law and evict” the “illegal camp” after people refused to leave.