This is, of course, light years from the position umpires once held inside the Grand Old Game, a very long way from "God" the nickname used by National League players to describe Doug Harvey, the Hall of Fame umpire who presided over 4000 games between 1962 and 1992, commanding ultimate respect of most players, coaches and managers.
According to the sales brochure, in the collection of Andrew Alpern, it was "conceived and designed for those who command the ultimate".
With the transfer, the central regions of Iraq from Hilla, 60 miles south of Baghdad, to just north of the British zone around Basra, in the south, will be under the multinational force, though the United States command retains ultimate authority.
The attackers called themselves the "Signers in Blood battalion", which claimed to have split off from AQIM last month, but American officials appear to believe that AQIM exercised ultimate command and control on the operation.
It also included army forces and other police units, all under the governor's ultimate command.
The army that once defied Mr. Koirala's instructions remains under the ultimate command of Narayanhiti Palace.
If she lacked a degree of ultimate command, she conveyed a sense of discovery that was more exciting.
"Whether or not the O.E.M. mandate should include ultimate command responsibility is something that we need to look into".
There is friction between the UN and some governments over who has ultimate command over peacekeeping troops, which has resulted in conflicting orders with disastrous consequences.
Some of the first witnesses are expected to describe how Serb forces, who prosecutors say were under Mr. Milosevic's ultimate command, killed their relatives.
All three insisted on ultimate command; this can be a valuable military virtue, but it is scarcely a skill transferable to the political arena.
