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pre·sid·ing offi·cer

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. presiding officernoun

    the leader of a group meeting

Wikipedia

  1. Presiding Officer

    In a general sense, presiding officer is synonymous with chairperson.

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  1. presiding officer

    A presiding officer is a person who leads, manages or controls proceedings, meetings, or sessions in a formal setting, such as a legislative assembly, committee, or board. They hold responsibility for maintaining order, ensuring rules and procedures are followed, managing the agenda, and often have the authority to make rulings or decisions. Examples include the Speaker in a Parliament or the Chairperson in a board meeting.

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  1. Presiding Officer

    When James Pohl replaced Ralph Kohlmann as the Chief Presiding Officer, in 2009, he had the authority to choose which cases were assigned to the other Presiding Officers. Pohl assigned all new cases to himself.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of presiding officer in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of presiding officer in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of presiding officer in a Sentence

  1. John Kennedy:

    I'm not recommending it, but it's possible for the Senate, through the presiding officer, the chief justice, to appoint a committee to hear additional evidence, if the Senate thinks it's necessary.

  2. Chief Justice John Roberts:

    In the 1905 Swain trial, a senator objected when one of the managers used the word' pettifogging' and the presiding officer said the word ought not to have been used, i don't think we need to aspire to that high of a standard, but I do think those addressing the Senate should remember where they are.

  3. Mike Pence:

    There are those in our party who believe that as the presiding officer over the joint session of Congress, I possessed unilateral authority to reject electoral college votes.

  4. Chief Justice John Roberts:

    The presiding officer declines to read the question as submitted.

  5. Mike Pence:

    There are those in our party who believe that as the presiding officer over the joint session of Congress, I possessed unilateral authority to reject Electoral College votes, i heard this week, President Trump said I had the right to ‘ overturn the election ’. President Trump is wrong … I had no right to overturn the election.

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