vice president

One who holds office next to a president. The Vice - President of the United States : The Vice-President is the second executive officer of the United States, and is elected at the same time and in the same manner as the President. During the life and active health of the President his executive functions are in abeyance, his duties being confined to the presidency of the senate during the se ions of Congre . In the senate he has no vote, except in case of a tie between the opposing parties on a division of the house. Then, as is usual with par liamentary presiding officer, he has the casting vote. In the event of the death or incapability of the President, the Vice-President a umes the duties of the office and continues to discharge them (in case of the President's death) till the end of the term for which the two were elected, or (in case of temporary disability) till the disability of the Pres ident shall have pa ed away. Several times in the history of the the Vice-President been called to the Presidential chair the first case be ing that of John Tyler, who succeeded W. H. Har rison; then came Millard Fill more, who succeeded Zachary Taylor; Andrew Johnson, who succeeded Abraham Lincoln, and Chester A. Arthur, who suc ceeded James A. Garfield. The salary of the Vice President is only $8,000 a year. *viçe, v. t . [VICE (2), 8.] 1. To pre or squeeze with, or as with, a vice; to hold in, or as in, a vice. 2. To screw; to force or pre , as in a vice. "As he had seen 't or been an instrument To vice you to't." Shakesp .: Winter's Tale , i. 2. *viçed, a. [Eng. vic (e), (1), s.; -ed.] Vicious, wicked, corrupt. [See extract under HIGH-VICED.] *viçe-gër-ençe, *viçe gër-en-çỹ, s. [English, vicegeren(t): -ce, -cy.] The office of a vicegerent; deputed power; lieutenancy; agency under another. "To the great vicegerency I grew, Being a title as supreme as new." Drayton: Legend of Thomas Cromwell. viçe-gër-ent, a. & s. [Latin vice=in place of, and gerens, pr. par. of gero to carry on, to act, to IMG:content-0496.png:[blocks in formation] A. As adjective : IMG:content-0497.png:[blocks in formation] B. As subst.: An officer deputed by a superior or proper authority to exercise the powers or functions of another; one acting with delegated authority; a deputy, a substitute. "To haue the autoritie as a notable vicegerent in so excellent and paynefull an office."-Udall: Timothye i.