Associate Justices have seniority by order of appointment, although the Chief Justice is always considered to be the most senior.

The Cardinal protodeacon, the senior cardinal deacon in order of appointment to the College of Cardinals, has the privilege of announcing a new pope's election and name ( once he has been ordained to the Episcopate ) from the central balcony at the Basilica of Saint Peter in Vatican City State.

* Conductor ( Army ), a senior Warrant Officer appointment in the Royal Logistic Corps and its predecessors

It was discontinued as a rank in these services during the postwar period, but as an appointment, the title " commodore " was then used to identify senior U. S. Navy captains who commanded squadrons of more than one vessel or functional air wings or air groups that were not part of a carrier air wing or air group.

With the cessation of hostilities, Alexander was under serious consideration for appointment to the post of Chief of the Imperial General Staff, the British army's most senior position beneath the sovereign, but he was invited by Canadian prime minister William Lyon Mackenzie King to be his recommendation to the King for the post of Governor General of Canada.

Hardy handing over command of the Kenya Army to Brigadier Joseph Ndolo on 1 December 1966, British influence was underlined with the appointment of Major General Robert Penfold as Chief of General Staff, a new position as senior officer of the entire armed forces.

The Prime Minister makes all the most senior Crown appointments, and most others are made by Ministers over whom he has the power of appointment and dismissal.

The Church of England's three senior bishops — the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Archbishop of York and the Bishop of London are made Privy Counsellors on their appointment.

* Canadian Forces Chief Warrant Officer, the senior non-commissioned member appointment in the Canadian Forces.

On May 24, 2011 the University of Chicago Press announced Daley's appointment as a " distinguished senior fellow " at the Harris School of Public Policy.

* Air Member for Personnel, senior appointment in the Royal Air Force

By his senior year, LeMay was listed on the ROTC rolls as a " cadet lieutenant colonel " but had not actually received an appointment in the regular United States military.

Many saw it simply as a stop-gap appointment until some more senior statesman took on the role.

This proposal from the senior senator of the state most affected by the choice of judge ordinarily would have won Cox the appointment, but the administration of President Jimmy Carter resisted the choice since Cox had not supported Carter for President, and ultimately Cox was not appointed to the vacancy.

On the bench, the Chief Justice of Canada or, in his or her absence, the senior puisne justice, presides from the centre chair with the other justices seated to his or her right and left by order of seniority of appointment.

The appointment of the most senior puisne justice to chief justice is a convention that has recently fallen into disuse.

Each part had different taxation, privileges and military arrangements ; in practice, the level of taxation in many of the more peripheral provinces was less than that in Castile, but the privileged position of the Castilian nobility at all senior levels of royal appointment was a contentious issue for the less favoured provinces.

Only one WO1 / CWO holds the appointment of RSM in a regiment or battalion, making him the senior warrant officer ; in a unit with more than one WO1, the RSM is considered to be " first amongst equals ".

In addition, the senior warrant officer in the Australian Army holds the unique rank of Warrant Officer ( introduced in 1991 and senior to WO1 ) and the appointment of Regimental Sergeant Major of the Army ( RSM-A ).

Rundstedt led a group of senior officers in opposing the appointment, on the grounds that Reichenau was too openly a supporter of the regime.

Ironically, this appointment to a senior position in the Finnish administration was approved by the new Governor General of Finland, Nikolai Bobrikov, whose term in office saw the beginning of the period of Russification, and whose policies represented all that the constitutionalist Ståhlberg was opposed to.

In July, Safeway announced the appointment a new chief executive, Carlos Criado-Perez, who had held senior posts in Wal-Mart's international division.

The Conservative Party, in office since 1951, had lost standing as a result of a sexual scandal involving a senior minister in 1963, and at the time of Home's appointment as Prime Minister seemed headed for heavy electoral defeat.

Immediately after his appointment as Cardinal, Pope Clement made him a Cardinal Inquisitor, in which capacity he served as one of the judges at the trial of Giordano Bruno, and concurred in the decision which condemned Bruno to be burned at the stake as a heretic.

If conditions change, so that the pope judges it safe to make the appointment public, he may do so at any time.

The judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature, though the executive maintains a certain level of influence in the appointment of judges to the courts.

These courts run parallel to the normal court system, and are undergoing reforms that include the first ever appointment of female judges.

Complicating this process is the fact that Suber's initial ruleset allows for the appointment of judges to preside over issues of rule interpretation.

In June 1920, an Advisory Committee of jurists appointed by the League of Nations finally established a working guideline for the appointment of judges, and the Committee was then authorised to draft a constitution for a permanent court, not of arbitration ( which is non-binding ) but of justice.

The powers, functions, method of appointment, discipline, and training of judges vary widely across different jurisdictions.

Unlike federal courts, where judges are Presidential appointees confirmed by the U. S. Senate serving life terms of office, the vast majority of states have some judges who are elected, and the methods of appointment for appointed judges vary widely.

Article II-2-2, " Advice and Consent " in the appointment of Federal Judges, as well as State and Local judges, is no longer available to Washington, DC Citizens, since 1801.

John Reed, Hugh Shannon, and Jacob Testerman sitting as judges under appointment by Lilburn Boggs the Governor of Missouri.

The Supreme Court Act limits eligibility for appointment to persons who have been judges of a superior court, or members of the bar for ten or more years.

The President also has the power to pardon or commute the sentences of both soldiers and civilians, and ceremonially appoints judges to courts, including the Supreme Court, after appointment by the Judicial Selection Committee.

** In office only — Speaker of the Senate, Speaker of the House of Commons, Ministers of the Crown ( however Canadian ministers invariably enter the Privy Council upon their initial appointment, thus assuming the honorific for life ), judges of provincial courts, premiers of provinces and territories, territorial commissioners, and provincial and territorial cabinet ministers

The role of the Committee of Public Safety included the governance of the war ( including the appointment of generals ), the appointing of judges and juries for the Revolutionary Tribunal, the provisioning of the armies and the public, the maintenance of public order, and oversight of the state bureaucracy.

The friction continued over the appointment of other state official nominees, including Constitutional Court judges.

Article V, Section 25 ( a ) of the Missouri Constitution specifies a process, known as the Missouri Plan, to appoint judges to the state Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, and circuit and probate courts in the independent City of St. Louis, Jackson County ( Kansas City ), and any other circuit court where a majority of voters choose to adopt nonpartisan appointment ( currently St. Louis County, Clay County, and Platte County ).

By convention, female judges of the High Court of Justice are created Dames Commander after appointment, while male judges become Knights Bachelor.

There was an eight-day postponement to give the judges more time to find a verdict, followed by another postponement, this one because of the appointment of a new Judge Advocate.

The governor also can influence the state court system through the appointment of judges.

Justices of the peace and superior courts judges are elected in Indiana ; if a vacancy occurs ( such as by death or resignation ) the governor may make an appointment, who holds the office until the next general election.

The Governor of North Carolina has extensive powers of appointment of executive branch officials, some judges, and members of boards and commissions.