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Pages in category "Honorary titles of the United States" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Business card of Harland Sanders, late 1940s; he received the honorary title of "Kentucky Colonel" in 1935 from Governor Ruby Laffoon.. The honorable title prefix and style of "Colonel" is designated legally for various reasons by US governors in common law to citizens, employees, travelers and visitors within their states. [1]
Courtly titles have no sovereign power of their own but are granted high prestige by, and are possibly able to exert influence over, a head of state. Similarly, Diplomatic titles bear no sovereignty of their own, but are vested with the equivalent of sovereignty by a head of state.
A title of honor or honorary title is a title bestowed upon individuals or organizations as an award in recognition of their merits. Sometimes the title bears the same or nearly the same name as a title of authority , but the person bestowed does not have to carry out any duties, except for ceremonial ones.
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Honorary titles by country (16 C) A. Academic honours (4 C, 19 P) C. Chamberlains (11 C, 22 P) Church patriarchs (10 C, 5 P) Honorary citizenship (3 C, 7 P)
Originally the second of three degrees in sequence – Legum Baccalaureus (LL.B., last conferred by an American law school in 1970); LL.M.; and Legum Doctor (LL.D.) or Doctor of Laws, which has only been conferred in the United States as an honorary degree but is an earned degree in other countries. In American legal academia, the LL.M. was ...
Kentucky Colonel is the highest title of honor bestowed by the Commonwealth of Kentucky.It is the most well known colonelcy in the United States. [1] A Kentucky Colonel Commission (the certificate) is awarded in the name of the Commonwealth by the governor of Kentucky to individuals with "Honorable" titular style recognition preceding the names of civilians aged 18 or over, for noteworthy ...