CHIEF (from Fr. chef,

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• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head,

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• LAT

Lat. caput)  , the head or upper part of anything, and so, in heraldry, the upper part of the escutcheon, occupying one-third of the whole . When applied to a leading personage, a head man or one having the highest authority, the term chief or chieftain (Med . Lat. capitanus, O . Fr. chevetaine) is principally confined to the leader of a clan or tribe . The phrase " in chief " (Med . Lat. in capite) is used in feudal law of the tenant who holds his fief direct from the lord paramount (see FEUDALISM) .