He is one of the highest-ranking men in England and the highest ranking non-royal in the United Kingdom's order of precedence.

* Chief Executive Officer or CEO / Executive Director for the nonprofit sector ( United States ), Chief Executive or Managing director ( United Kingdom, Commonwealth and some other English speaking countries ) – The CEO of a corporation is the highest ranking management officer of a corporation and has final decisions over human, financial, environmental and technical operations of the corporation.

The CEM of a Limited liability company is the highest ranking management person of an LLC and has final decisions over the day-to-day operations and of an LLC.

Caltech was also found to have the highest score for per-capita performance in that ranking.

It is the highest ranking pair in the game of Pai Gow, though the tiles rank low individually ( in their normal order ).

If van der Heul was indeed of African ancestry, this fact would make him the highest ranking black pirate so far identified.

constitutes the highest ranking monitoring and crisis management body.

He received the highest ranking civilian honour of the Italian Republic and was bestowed the title of " Cavaliere " ( Knight ) of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic.

These factors have contributed to a Corruption Perceptions Index of 8. 3 and a DAW Index ranking of 10 in 2012 ; the latter the highest in Europe.

It was the seventh highest ranking comedy on this list ( four of the better placed efforts were classic Ealing Films ).

In 2010, Monocle ranked Munich as the world's most livable city ( in 2012, Munich was ranked fifth in Monocle's ranking, yet remained the highest ranked city in Germany ).

Originally Hitler's designated successor and the second highest ranking Nazi official.

When a military member is taken prisoner, the Code of Conduct reminds them that the chain of command is still in effect ( the highest ranking service member eligible for command, regardless of service branch, is in command ), and requires them to support their leadership.

As Chairman, Myers was the highest ranking uniformed officer of the United States ' military forces.

Following the revolution, Khomeini became the country's Supreme Leader, a position created in the constitution as the highest ranking political and religious authority of the nation, which he held until his death.

Thijssen named his discovery " Pieter Nuyts Land ", after the highest ranking individual on board.

The autonomies statutes in Spain have the rank of " Ley Organica ", a category of special laws reserved only for the main institutions and issues and mentioned in the Constitution ( the highest ranking legal instrument in Spain ).

The Supreme Commander (), a four-star general or flag officer is also the head of said agency, and he is the highest ranking professional officer on active duty.

The Military is led by the Chief of Defence Staff, who is in charge of supervising the military and is the highest ranking uniformed position in the country.

The highest ranking titles in the SCA belong to the royalty, followed by the former royalty.

The Silver Star is awarded for gallantry in action against an enemy of the United States not justifying one of the two higher ranking valor decorations – the Distinguished Service Cross, the Navy Cross, and the Air Force Cross awards for extraordinary heroism or the Medal of Honor, the highest ranking military award, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of life above and beyond the call of duty.

* This was extended to 16 teams based on the UCI ranking in the highest UCI division at the end of 2001, after compensating for transfers.

* A 2006 survey of leading rock and film stars by Uncut magazine ranking films, books, music or TV shows that changed the world, placed The Prisoner at # 10, the highest for a TV show.

After exhausting the first appeal as of right, defendants usually petition the highest state court to review the decision.

The highest state court, generally known as the Supreme Court, exercises discretion over whether it will review the case.

That is, it goes to the intermediate appellate court, followed by the highest court.

A jurisdiction's supreme court is that jurisdiction's highest appellate court.

The High Court of American Samoa is the highest court below the United States Supreme Court in American Samoa, with the District Courts below it.

In Germany, the highest administrative court for most matters is the federal administrative court Bundesverwaltungsgericht.

They survive death threats, mortal trials, and court intrigue to be elevated to the highest positions in the land.

A first exception to this rule arose in an 1852 case by New York's highest court, Thomas v. Winchester, which held that mislabeling a poison as an innocuous herb, and then selling the mislabeled poison through a dealer who would be expected to resell it, put " human life in imminent danger.

Finally, in the famous case of MacPherson v. Buick Motor Co., in 1916, Judge Benjamin Cardozo for New York's highest court pulled a broader principle out of these predecessor cases.

Post-1938, federal courts deciding issues that arise under state law are required to defer to state court interpretations of state statutes, or reason what a state's highest court would rule if presented with the issue, or to certify the question to the state's highest court for resolution.

The Supreme Court () is the highest court of appeal in Croatia.

Prince Eugene of Savoy ( French: François-Eugène de Savoie, German: Eugen von Savoyen, Italian: Principe Eugenio di Savoia-Carignano ; 18 October 1663 – 21 April 1736 ), was one of the most successful military commanders in modern European history, rising to the highest offices of state at the Imperial court in Vienna.

The Federal Court of Justice of Germany ( Bundesgerichtshof ) is the highest ordinary court and also the highest court of appeals.

The Federal Constitutional Court ( Bundesverfassungsgericht ) is the highest court dealing with constitutional matters.

The Spanish also helped Equatorial Guinea achieve one of the continent's highest literacy rates and developed a good network of health care facilities.

He arbitrates and moderates the regular functioning of the institutions, assumes the highest representation of the Spanish State in international relations, especially with the nations of its historical community, and exercises the functions expressly conferred on him by the Constitution and the laws.

Among U. S. states, New Mexico has the highest percentage of Hispanics, including descendants of Spanish colonists and recent immigrants from Latin America.

Among U. S. states, New Mexico has the highest percentage of Hispanics, at 46 percent ( 2010 estimate ), including descendants of Spanish colonists and recent immigrants from Latin America.

The Supreme Court of Spain is the highest court in the nation, with jurisdiction in all Spanish territories, superior to all in all affairs, except in constitutional matters, which are competence of the Constitutional Court.

The Spanish monarch, currently, Juan Carlos I, is the head of the Spanish State, symbol of its unity and permanence, who arbitrates and moderates the regular function of government institutions, and assumes the highest representation of Spain in international relations, especially with those who are part of its historical community.

According to the 2000 census, Maverick County has the nation's highest percentage of people who speak Spanish at home, at 91 %.

As of 2000, English as a first language accounted for 73. 24 % of all residents, while Spanish was found to be the first language of 13. 95 %, French Creole made up 6. 82 %, and Finnish was the mother tongue of 5. 01 % of the population ( the highest percentage in Florida.

The Barcelona – Madrid air shuttle service, known as the " Puente Aéreo " ( in Spanish ), or " Pont Aeri " ( in Catalan ) literally " Air Bridge ", was the world's busiest route until 2008, with the highest number of flight operations ( 971 per week ) in 2007.

The monarch " arbitrates and moderates the regular functioning of the institutions " and assumes the highest representation of the Spanish State in international relations.

The Caribbean Series ( Spanish: Serie del Caribe ), also called the Caribbean World Series ( CWS ) is the highest baseball tournament at club level in Latin America.

He arbitrates and moderates the regular functioning of the institutions, assumes the highest representation of the Spanish State in international relations, especially with the nations of its historical community, and exercises the functions expressly conferred on him by the Constitution and the laws.

Condé's fully developed genius as a commander found little scope in the cumbrous and antiquated system of war practised by the Spanish, and though he gained a few successes, and manoeuvred with the highest possible skill against Turenne, his disastrous defeat at the Dunes near Dunkirk ( 14 June 1658 ) led Spain to open negotiations for peace.

Peerages in Spain are created by the Grace of the King, according to the Spanish Ministry of Justice, and are the highest marks of distinction that he may bestow in his capacity as the fons honorum in Spain.

A Spanish study showed that Northern Pintail and Common Pochard were the species with the highest levels of lead shot ingestion, higher than in northern countries of the western Palearctic flyway, where lead shot has been banned.

On weather maps, high-pressure centers are associated with the letter H in English, or A in Spanish ( because alta is the Spanish word for high ), within the isobar with the highest pressure value.

As elsewhere in the Spanish Empire, the Spanish colony of Hispaniola employed a social system known as casta, wherein Peninsulares ( Spaniards born in Spain ) occupied the highest echelon.

Her films El Último Cuple and La Violetera netted the highest gross revenues ever recorded for films made in the Spanish speaking movie industry during the 1950s and 1960s.

As an authority on the Spanish Inquisition Lea stood in the highest rank of modern historians, and distinctions were conferred on him by the universities of Harvard, Princeton, Pennsylvania, Giessen and Moscow.

Muñoz was made a Captain General, the highest rank in the Spanish Army.

In the late 17th or very early 18th century, a personal rank of captain general was created in the Spanish Army ( and Navy ) as the highest rank in the hierarchy, not unlike the Marechal de France.