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presidial
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Presidial \Pre*sid"i*al\, Presidiary \Pre*sid"i*a*ry\, a. [L. praesidialis and praesidiarius, fr. praesidium a presiding over, defense, guard. See Preside.] Of or pertaining to a garrison; having a garrison.
There are three presidial castles in this city.
--Howell.
Wiktionary
a. 1 Belonging to a province, or being like a province; provincial. 2 Pertaining to a president or one who presides; presidential. 3 Having or relating to a garrison.
Wikipedia
The Présidial was a judicial tribunal of the French Ancien Régime, set up in January 1551 (Old Style) by Henry II of France and suppressed by a decree of the National Assembly in 1790.
Category:Legal history of the Ancien Régime
Usage examples of "presidial".
But as there were many necessary witnesses, and it was almost impossible to bring them all such a great distance, the archiepiscopal court sent the appeal to the presidial court of Poitiers.
Bishop of Poitiers, who was so prejudiced against him that he had done everything in his power to induce the Archbishop of Bordeaux to refuse to ratify the decision in favour of Grandier, pronounced by the presidial court.
We are down to seventy presidial troops, and nearly half of them are needed for conducting customs inspections.
The presidial troops were highly visible in their white and sky-blue uniforms.
I called upon the presidial surgeon and insisted he stay in close attendance all night.
With his wound, Jeb might still be in the care of the presidial surgeon.