Legal glossary
“provost-marshal”
Defined in 1 Acts. A definition holds for the Act that gives it; the same word can mean something else in another Act.
The Navy Act, 1957 · s. 3
(19) "provost-marshal" means a person appointed as such under section 89 and includes any of his deputies or assistants or any other person lawfully exercising authority under him or on his behalf; (20)[1] ["sailor"] means a person in the naval service other than an officer;
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