In the British Army and land forces of the Commonwealth, a Provost Sergeant (PS) is the non-commissioned officer in charge of the regimental police and is the senior law enforcement officer in each regiment or battalion. The PS is a member of the regiment or corps in which he serves and not a member of the Royal Military Police. While a Provost Sergeant holds the military rank of Sergeant, the Provost Sergeant title is a position and not a formal rank itself. Provost Sergeant wears no distinctive trade badge. He can, however, be identified by the brassards he wears on his uniform and which carry the letters "RP" (Regimental Police) as well as his Sergeant's stripes. The British Army is the land armed forces of the United Kingdom. ... The English noun Commonwealth dates originally from the fifteenth century and in different contexts indicates one of: a nation, state or political unit a state founded on law by agreement of the people for the common good a republic a federated union of constituent states. ... A non-commissioned officer (sometimes noncommissioned officer), or NCO, is an enlisted member of an armed force who has been delegated leadership or command authority by a commissioned officer. ... In the British Army, regimental police (RPs) are military police who belong to the regiment or corps which they police instead of to the Royal Military Police. ... A regiment is a military unit, larger than a company and smaller than a division. ... In military terminology, a battalion consists of two to six companies typically commanded by a lieutenant colonel. ... This article is about a military unit. ... The Royal Military Police (RMP) is the military police arm of the British Army. ... Military rank, or simply rank, is a system of grading seniority and command within military organizations. ... This article is about the rank of sergeant. ... A brassard is a roughly triangular piece of fabric designed to be worn around the upper arm, held in place by a shoulder strap on the clothing underneath. ...
The provosts replaced the viscounts wherever the viscounty had not become a fief, and it is possible that in creating them the Crown was imitating the ecclesiastical organization in which the provost figured, notably in the chapters.
The provost thus received the speculative right to collect the revenues of the royal domain in the district under his jurisdiction; this was his principal concern, and his judicial functions were merely accessory.
Thus the provosts were left for their sole function as inferior judges for non-nobles, the appeals from their sentences going to the baillis, who also had jurisdiction in the first instance over actions brought against nobles and in cases reserved for the crown judges (cas royaux).
Thus in the rule of St Benedict the provost (praepositus) is the superior of the monastery immediately subordinate to the abbot, the dean (decanus) being associated with him.
The provost in the exercise of his legal functions sat alone as judge, and he alone exercised the judicial authority at his tribunal; but he had to consult with certain lawyers (avocats or procureurs) chosen by himself, whom, to use the technical phrase, he "summoned to his council" (appelail a son conseil).
Invariably, provosts are drawn from the tenured faculty of the institution or the from among a pool of professional administrators (with academic credentials) at other institutions.
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