PRINCIPAL  , a See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person or thing first, or See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief in See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank or importance, or, more widely, prominent, leading . The See also:

• LAT

Lat. adj. principalis, first, chief, See also:

• ORIGINAL

original, also princely, is formed from princeps, the first, chief, See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

prince, from See also:

• PRIMUS, MARCUS ANTONIUS

Primus, first, and capere to hold . In See also:

• LATE

Late Lat. principalis was used as a substitute for an overseer or See also:

• SUPERINTENDENT

superintendent, and also for the chief See also:

• MAGISTRATE (Lat. magistratus, from magister, master, properly a public office, hence the person holding such an office)

magistrate of a See also:

• MUNICIPALITY

municipality (See also:

• SYMMACHUS

Symmachus, Ep . 9, 1) . It is a See also:

• COMMON

common See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title for the See also:

• 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 of educational institutions, See also:

• UNIVERSITIES

universities, colleges and See also:

• SCHOOLS

schools . It is thus used of the director, of some of the heads of newer universities in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, e.g . See also:

• LONDON

London and See also:

• BIRMINGHAM

Birmingham, always so in See also:

• SCOTLAND
• SCOTLAND, CHURCH OF
• SCOTLAND, EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF

Scotland, and frequently combined with the See also:

• VICE

vice-chancellorship . At the university of See also:

• OXFORD
• OXFORD, EARLS OF
• OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
• OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
• OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
• OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
• OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST

Oxford the name occurs twice as the title of the head of a See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

college, viz. of Brasenose and Jesus . It was always used of the heads of halls, of which St See also:

• EDMUND
• EDMUND, or EADMUND (c. 980-1016)
• EDMUND, SAINT [EDMUND RICE] (d. 1240)

Edmund See also:

• HALL
• HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
• HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
• HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
• HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
• HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
• HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
• HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
• HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
• HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
• HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
• HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
• HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
• HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
• HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
• HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
• HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
• HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)

Hall alone remains . It is also the designation used of the head of the newer theological or denominational colleges, and also of the See also:

• WOMEN

women's colleges . At See also:

• CAMBRIDGE
• CAMBRIDGE, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• CAMBRIDGE, RICHARD OWEN (1717-1802)

Cambridge it does not occur . In See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law, it is used in distinction from " See also:

• ACCESSORY

accessory," for the person who actually commits the See also:

• CRIME (Lat. crimen, accusation)

crime, " principal in the first degree," or who is See also:

• PRESENT

present, aiding and abetting at the See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission of the crime," principal in the second degree;" and also for the person for whom another acts by his authority (see PRINCIPAL AND See also:

• AGENT (from Lat. agere, to act)

AGENT below) .

Finally as a shortened See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of " principal sum," " principal See also:

• MONEY

money," &c.,, the See also:

• TERM

term is used of the original sum See also:

• LENT (0. Eng. lenclen, " spring," M. Eng. lenten, lente, lent; cf. Dut. lente, Ger. Lenz, " spring," 0. H. Ger. lenzin, lengizin, lenzo, probably from the same root as " long " and referring to " the lengthening days ")

lent or invested upon which See also:

• INTEREST

interest is paid, and so, widely of any See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital sum, as opposed to interest or income derived from it .