chief clerk
collocation in Englishmeaningsofchiefandclerk
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chief
adjective[before noun]
uk/tʃiːf/us/tʃiːf/
most important ...
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clerk
noun[C]
uk/klɑːk/us/klɝːk/
a person who works in an office, dealing with records or performing general ...
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(Definition ofchiefandclerkfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Letters to my constituent are signed by a divisional officer, so-called, but any reply must be addressed to achiefclerk.
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Listing officers, who are not themselves chief clerks of courts, work under the general supervision of thechiefclerk.
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Perhaps it would be better to call him the "principalchiefclerk".
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There are four, onechiefclerksuperintendent (salary scale £8,469 to £9,841) and three office assistants (salary scale £5,880 to £6,971).
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Achiefclerkand other senior officers are employed in each of the eight executive councils existing at present.
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There are also two directors of branches who are drawing £150 a year each more than thechiefclerk.
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It was made by the deputychiefclerkin the absence of thechiefclerk.
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Thechiefclerkis not responsible for the supplies handled by the depot, this responsibility resting with the commanding officer.
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If thatchiefclerkgives advice, is it or is it not subject to legal privilege?
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Telephones are only disconnected on the instructions of the district manager or hischiefclerk.
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We get thechiefclerk, and then the weighbridge clerk, in many instances.
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The director concerned may have informed the manager orchiefclerk, but no action has been taken.
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There is also achiefclerk, who is paid £600.
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You may have an agreement that certain works should be done to the satisfaction of thechiefclerkof the railway company.
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It will be more difficult for them to understand what a justices' clerk does and, quite differently, what a justices'chiefclerkdoes.
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The chief magistrate and the principalchiefclerkare considering whether some greater uniformity of practice could be achieved, bearing in mind the variations between different court areas.
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At the fire force headquarters we have six officers—thechiefclerk, the finance officer, the transport officer, the stores officer, the establishment officer and the catering officer.
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In many places it was the custom to have achiefclerkwho, in the absence of the head of the office, naturally had to take his place.
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Although we have placed the senior deputychiefclerkand the deputychiefclerktogether for the purposes of the provisions, it is for the purposes of procedure.
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Thechiefclerkwas found guilty of embezzling prison funds.
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