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officials when they convene as provincial and national boards of canvassers in post-election canvasses where certain members of Congress are also members of the national board, are mostly addressed as Your Honor, because it was unfortunately rendered from "the Spanish term for addressing
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Formerly, this style was sometimes used by an enlisted seaman when addressing the captain of a ship, though this practice has not been common since the early Nineteenth Century.
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while in office. The spouse of a lieutenant governor is also addressed as His or Her Honour, only while the lieutenant governor is in office.
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is a courtesy title retained for life for a former lieutenant governor.
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parliamentarians, and a mistake made" when Congress's predecessor, the
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is a courtesy title retained for life for a former administrator.
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Forms of Address – Department for Constitutional Affairs
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Honor (disambiguation)
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judges
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Administrator of the Northern Territory
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