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Definition of Comptroller general
1. Noun. A United States federal official who supervises expenditures and settles claims against the government.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Comptroller General
Literary usage of Comptroller general
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1920)
"The returns shall be made to the comptroller general by the president, ...
The comptroller general shall frame such questions as will elicit the la- ..."
2. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1921)
"Taxation <8=>371—Foreign corporation authorized to engage in navigation Is "navigation
company," required to make return to comptroller general. ..."
3. An Introduction to the Problem of Government by Westel Woodbury Willoughby, Lindsay Rogers (1921)
"The assistant comptroller general shall perform such duties as may be assigned
to him by the comptroller general, and during the absence or incapacity of ..."
4. The Royal Government in Virginia, 1624-1775 by Percy Scott Flippin, Wallace Everett Caldwell (1919)
"... were the receiver-general of the customs, the comptroller-general of the
accounts of the customs, the auditor-general of the revenues, the attorney- and ..."
5. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1905)
"Slat, tj 552: "The comptroller general, with the approval of the governor, may
extend the time for the performance of the duties imposed upon the county ..."
6. The Continental Legal History Series by Association of American Law Schools (1915)
"The Superintendent, later the comptroller general of Finances.2—The higher ...
The powers which had been attached to it passed to the comptroller general, ..."
7. Colonial Records of Pennsylvania by Samuel Hazard (1853)
"John Smilie, | A letter from the comptroller general, ... to grant such certificates,
Ordered, That the comptroller general ..."
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