1901, p. 1149).—Vice-constable of England. An ancient officer in the time of Edwar consul. In the consular service of the United States this term denotes a consular officer who is substituted temporarily to fill the place of a consul who is absent or relieved from duty.

1901, sis 1149); Schunior v. Russell, 838 Tex. 83, 18 S. W. 484. In international law generally the term designates a commercial agent who acts in the place or stead of a consul or who has charge of a portion of his territory. In old English law. it meant the deputy or substitute of an earl (comes), who was anciently called ‘“con- -gul,” answering to the more modern “vicecomes." Burrill.—Vice-dominus. A sheriff.— Vice-dominus episcopi. The vicar general or commissary of a bishop. Blount.—Vice=-