| slovo | definícia |
commission
(mass) | commission
- výbor, komisia, provízia, poverenie, splnomocnenie, poveriť,
zmocniť, splnomocniť |
commission
(encz) | commission,dát do výroby v: web |
commission
(encz) | commission,jmenovací listina důstojníka n: |
commission
(encz) | commission,komise n: |
commission
(encz) | commission,odměna n: [fin.] Zdeněk Brož |
commission
(encz) | commission,oprávnění n: Zdeněk Brož |
commission
(encz) | commission,poslání n: Zdeněk Brož |
commission
(encz) | commission,pověření n: Zdeněk Brož |
commission
(encz) | commission,pověřit v: Zdeněk Brož |
commission
(encz) | commission,propůjčení důstojnické hodnosti n: |
commission
(encz) | commission,provize n: [fin.] Pavel Machek; Giza |
commission
(encz) | commission,úkol n: Zdeněk Brož |
commission
(encz) | commission,úřad n: |
commission
(encz) | commission,výbor n: |
commission
(encz) | commission,zmocnit v: Zdeněk Brož |
commission
(encz) | commission,zplnomocnění n: Zdeněk Brož |
commission
(encz) | commission,zplnomocnit v: Zdeněk Brož |
Commission
(gcide) | Commission \Com*mis"sion\, n. [F., fr. L. commissio. See
Commit.]
1. The act of committing, doing, or performing; the act of
perpetrating.
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Every commission of sin introduces into the soul a
certain degree of hardness. --South.
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2. The act of intrusting; a charge; instructions as to how a
trust shall be executed.
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3. The duty or employment intrusted to any person or persons;
a trust; a charge.
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4. A formal written warrant or authority, granting certain
powers or privileges and authorizing or commanding the
performance of certain duties.
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Let him see our commission. --Shak.
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5. A certificate conferring military or naval rank and
authority; as, a colonel's commission.
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6. A company of persons joined in the performance of some
duty or the execution of some trust; as, the interstate
commerce commission.
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A commission was at once appointed to examine into
the matter. --Prescott.
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7. (Com.)
(a) The acting under authority of, or on account of,
another.
(b) The thing to be done as agent for another; as, I have
three commissions for the city.
(c) The brokerage or allowance made to a factor or agent
for transacting business for another; as, a commission
of ten per cent on sales. See Del credere.
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Commission of array. (Eng. Hist.) See under Array.
Commission of bankruptcy, a commission appointing and
empowering certain persons to examine into the facts
relative to an alleged bankruptcy, and to secure the
bankrupt's lands and effects for the creditors.
Commission of lunacy, a commission authorizing an inquiry
whether a person is a lunatic or not.
Commission merchant, one who buys or sells goods on
commission, as the agent of others, receiving a rate per
cent as his compensation.
Commission officer or Commissioned officer, (Mil.), one
who has a commission, in distinction from a
noncommissioned or warrant officer.
Commission of the peace, a commission under the great seal,
constituting one or more persons justices of the peace.
[Eng.]
on commission, paid partly or completely by collecting as a
commision a portion of the sales that one makes.
out of commission, not operating properly; out of order.
To put a vessel into commission (Naut.), to equip and man a
government vessel, and send it out on service after it has
been laid up; esp., the formal act of taking command of a
vessel for service, hoisting the flag, reading the orders,
etc.
To put a vessel out of commission (Naut.), to detach the
officers and crew and retire it from active service,
temporarily or permanently.
To put the great seal into commission or {To put the
Treasury into commission}, to place it in the hands of a
commissioner or commissioners during the abeyance of the
ordinary administration, as between the going out of one
lord keeper and the accession of another. [Eng.]
The United States Christian Commission, an organization
among the people of the North, during the Civil War, which
afforded material comforts to the Union soldiers, and
performed services of a religious character in the field
and in hospitals.
The United States Sanitary Commission, an organization
formed by the people of the North to cooperate with and
supplement the medical department of the Union armies
during the Civil War.
Syn: Charge; warrant; authority; mandate; office; trust;
employment.
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Commission
(gcide) | Commission \Com*mis"sion\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Commissioned;
p. pr & vb. n. Commissioning.]
1. To give a commission to; to furnish with a commission; to
empower or authorize; as, to commission persons to perform
certain acts; to commission an officer.
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2. To send out with a charge or commission.
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A chosen band
He first commissions to the Latian land. --Dryden.
Syn: To appoint; depute; authorize; empower; delegate;
constitute; ordain. |
commission
(gcide) | Factorage \Fac"tor*age\, n. [Cf. F. factorage.]
The allowance given to a factor, as a compensation for his
services; -- called also a commission.
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commission
(wn) | commission
n 1: a special group delegated to consider some matter; "a
committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours" -
Milton Berle [syn: committee, commission]
2: a fee for services rendered based on a percentage of an
amount received or collected or agreed to be paid (as
distinguished from a salary); "he works on commission"
3: the act of granting authority to undertake certain functions
[syn: commission, commissioning]
4: the state of being in good working order and ready for
operation; "put the ships into commission"; "the motor was
out of commission"
5: a group of representatives or delegates [syn: deputation,
commission, delegation, delegacy, mission]
6: a formal statement of a command or injunction to do
something; "the judge's charge to the jury" [syn:
commission, charge, direction]
7: an official document issued by a government and conferring on
the recipient the rank of an officer in the armed forces
[syn: commission, military commission]
8: the act of committing a crime [syn: perpetration,
commission, committal]
9: a special assignment that is given to a person or group; "a
confidential mission to London"; "his charge was deliver a
message" [syn: mission, charge, commission]
v 1: put into commission; equip for service; of ships
2: place an order for
3: charge with a task |
COMMISSION
(bouvier) | COMMISSION, practice. An instrument issued by a court of, justice, or other
competent tribunal, to authorize a person to take depositions, or do any
other act by authority of such court, or tribunal, is called a commission.
For a form of a commission to take. depositions, see Gresley, Eq. Ev. 72.
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COMMISSION
(bouvier) | COMMISSION, contracts, civ. law. When one undertakes, without reward, to do
something for another in respect to a thing bailed. This term is frequently
used synonymously with mandate. (q.v.) Ruth. Inst. 105; Halifax, Analysis
of the Civil Law, 70. If the service the party undertakes to perform for
another is the custody of his goods, this particular sort of, commission is
called a charge.
2. In a commission, the obligation on his part who undertakes it, is to
transact the business without wages, or any other reward, and to use the
same care and diligence in it, as if it were his own.
3. By commission is also understood an act performed, opposed to
omission, which is the want of performance of such an act; is, when a
nuisance is created by an act of commission, it may be abated without
notice; but when it arises from omission, notice to remove it must be given
before it is abated. 1 Chit. Pr. 711. Vide Abatement of Nuisances; Branches;
Trees.
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COMMISSION
(bouvier) | COMMISSION, office. Persons authorized to act in a certain matter; as, such
a matter was submitted, to the commission; there were several meetings
before the commission. 4 B. & Cr. 850; 10 E. C. L. R. 459.
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COMMISSION
(bouvier) | COMMISSION, crim. law. The act of perpetrating an offence. There are crimes
of commission and crimes of omission.
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COMMISSION
(bouvier) | COMMISSION, government. Letters-patent granted by the government, under the
public seal, to a person appointed to an office, giving him authority to
perform the duties of his office. The commission is not the appointment, but
only evidence of it; and as soon as it is signed and sealed, vests the
office in the appointee. 1 Cranch, 137; 2 N. & M. 357; 1 M'Cord, 233, 238.
See Pet. C. C. R. 194; 2 Summ. 299; 8 Conn. 109; 1 Penn. 297; 2 Const. Rep.
696; 2 Tyler, 235.
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| | podobné slovo | definícia |
commissioned officer
(mass) | commissioned officer
- dôstojník |
commissioner
(mass) | commissioner
- komisár |
commissions
(mass) | commissions
- komisia, zakázky |
atomic energy commission
(encz) | Atomic Energy Commission,AEC Atomic Energy Commission [eko.] RNDr.
Pavel PiskačAtomic Energy Commission,Atomic Energy Commission AEC [eko.] RNDr.
Pavel Piskač |
brundtland commission report
(encz) | Brundtland Commission Report,zpráva komise Brundtlandové [eko.] RNDr.
Pavel Piskač |
commission plan
(encz) | commission plan, n: |
commissionaire
(encz) | commissionaire,vrátný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
commissioned
(encz) | commissioned,objednaný adj: Rostislav Svobodacommissioned,pověřený adj: Zdeněk Brožcommissioned,zmocněný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
commissioned military officer
(encz) | commissioned military officer, n: |
commissioned naval officer
(encz) | commissioned naval officer, n: |
commissioned officer
(encz) | commissioned officer,důstojník n: Zdeněk Brož |
commissioner
(encz) | commissioner,komisař n: Zdeněk Brožcommissioner,zmocněnec n: Zdeněk Brož |
commissioning
(encz) | commissioning,pověření n: Zdeněk Brožcommissioning,uvedení do provozu n: [tech.] parkmaj |
commissions
(encz) | commissions,komise Jaroslav Šedivýcommissions,odměny Jaroslav Šedivýcommissions,poplatky Jaroslav Šedivýcommissions,pověřuje Jaroslav Šedivýcommissions,výbory Jaroslav Šedivýcommissions,zadává Jaroslav Šedivýcommissions,zakázky Jaroslav Šedivýcommissions,zmocňuje Jaroslav Šedivý |
countryside commission
(encz) | Countryside Commission,Countryside Commission [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
decommission
(encz) | decommission,vyřadit z provozu Zdeněk Brož |
decommissioned
(encz) | decommissioned,vyřazený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
economic and social commission for asia and the pacific
(encz) | Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, |
economic and social commission for western asia
(encz) | Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia, |
economic commission for africa
(encz) | Economic Commission for Africa, |
economic commission for europe
(encz) | Economic Commission for Europe, |
economic commission for latin america and the caribbean
(encz) | Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, |
election commission
(encz) | election commission, n: |
european commission
(encz) | European Commission,Evropská komise n: [práv.] Ivan Masár |
fairness commission
(encz) | fairness commission, n: |
federal communications commission
(encz) | Federal Communications Commission, [zkr.] |
high commissioner
(encz) | high commissioner, n: |
housing commissioner
(encz) | housing commissioner, n: |
in commission
(encz) | in commission, adj: |
international commission on radiological protection
(encz) | International Commission on Radiological Protection,ICRP International
Commission on Radiological Protection [eko.] RNDr. Pavel PiskačInternational Commission on Radiological Protection,International
Commission on Radiological Protection ICRP [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
military commission
(encz) | military commission, n: |
noncommissioned
(encz) | noncommissioned, adj: |
noncommissioned officer
(encz) | noncommissioned officer,poddůstojník |
nuclear regulatory commission
(encz) | Nuclear Regulatory Commission,NRC Nuclear Regulatory
Commission [eko.] RNDr. Pavel PiskačNuclear Regulatory Commission,Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NRC [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
out of commission
(encz) | out of commission, |
paley commission.
(encz) | Paley Commission.,Paleyova komise [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
park commissioner
(encz) | park commissioner, n: |
planning commission
(encz) | planning commission, n: |
police commissioner
(encz) | police commissioner, n: |
recommission
(encz) | recommission, |
resident commissioner
(encz) | resident commissioner, n: |
underwriting commission
(encz) | underwriting commission, |
united nations commission on international trade law
(encz) | United Nations Commission on International Trade Law, |
zoning commission
(encz) | zoning commission, n: |
aec atomic energy commission
(czen) | AEC Atomic Energy Commission,Atomic Energy Commission[eko.] RNDr. Pavel
Piskač |
atomic energy commission aec
(czen) | Atomic Energy Commission AEC,Atomic Energy Commission[eko.] RNDr. Pavel
Piskač |
countryside commission
(czen) | Countryside Commission,Countryside Commission[eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
icrp international commission on radiological protection
(czen) | ICRP International Commission on Radiological Protection,International
Commission on Radiological Protection[eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
international commission on radiological protection icrp
(czen) | International Commission on Radiological Protection ICRP,International
Commission on Radiological Protection[eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
nrc nuclear regulatory commission
(czen) | NRC Nuclear Regulatory Commission,Nuclear Regulatory
Commission[eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
nuclear regulatory commission nrc
(czen) | Nuclear Regulatory Commission NRC,Nuclear Regulatory
Commission[eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
Christian Commission
(gcide) | Christian \Chris"tian\, a.
1. Pertaining to Christ or his religion; as, Christian
people.
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3. Pertaining to the church; ecclesiastical; as, a Christian
court. --Blackstone.
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4. Characteristic of Christian people; civilized; kind;
kindly; gentle; beneficent.
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The graceful tact; the Christian art. --Tennyson.
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Christian Commission. See under Commission.
Christian court. Same as Ecclesiastical court.
Christian Endeavor, Young People's Society of. In various
Protestant churches, a society of young people organized
in each individual church to do Christian work; also, the
whole body of such organizations, which are united in a
corporation called the United Society of Christian
Endeavor, organized in 1885. The parent society was
founded in 1881 at Portland, Maine, by Rev. Francis E.
Clark, a Congregational minister. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Christian era, the present era, commencing with the birth
of Christ. It is supposed that owing to an error of a monk
(Dionysius Exiguus, d. about 556) employed to calculate
the era, its commencement was fixed three or four years
too late, so that 1890 should be 1893 or 1894.
Christian name, the name given in baptism, as distinct from
the family name, or surname.
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Civil Service Commission
(gcide) | Civil Service Commission \Civil Service Commission\
In the United States, a commission appointed by the
President, consisting of three members, not more than two of
whom may be adherents of the same party, which has the
control, through examinations, of appointments and promotions
in the classified civil service. It was created by act of
Jan, 16, 1883 (22 Stat. 403).
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
Commission
(gcide) | Commission \Com*mis"sion\, n. [F., fr. L. commissio. See
Commit.]
1. The act of committing, doing, or performing; the act of
perpetrating.
[1913 Webster]
Every commission of sin introduces into the soul a
certain degree of hardness. --South.
[1913 Webster]
2. The act of intrusting; a charge; instructions as to how a
trust shall be executed.
[1913 Webster]
3. The duty or employment intrusted to any person or persons;
a trust; a charge.
[1913 Webster]
4. A formal written warrant or authority, granting certain
powers or privileges and authorizing or commanding the
performance of certain duties.
[1913 Webster]
Let him see our commission. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
5. A certificate conferring military or naval rank and
authority; as, a colonel's commission.
[1913 Webster]
6. A company of persons joined in the performance of some
duty or the execution of some trust; as, the interstate
commerce commission.
[1913 Webster]
A commission was at once appointed to examine into
the matter. --Prescott.
[1913 Webster]
7. (Com.)
(a) The acting under authority of, or on account of,
another.
(b) The thing to be done as agent for another; as, I have
three commissions for the city.
(c) The brokerage or allowance made to a factor or agent
for transacting business for another; as, a commission
of ten per cent on sales. See Del credere.
[1913 Webster]
Commission of array. (Eng. Hist.) See under Array.
Commission of bankruptcy, a commission appointing and
empowering certain persons to examine into the facts
relative to an alleged bankruptcy, and to secure the
bankrupt's lands and effects for the creditors.
Commission of lunacy, a commission authorizing an inquiry
whether a person is a lunatic or not.
Commission merchant, one who buys or sells goods on
commission, as the agent of others, receiving a rate per
cent as his compensation.
Commission officer or Commissioned officer, (Mil.), one
who has a commission, in distinction from a
noncommissioned or warrant officer.
Commission of the peace, a commission under the great seal,
constituting one or more persons justices of the peace.
[Eng.]
on commission, paid partly or completely by collecting as a
commision a portion of the sales that one makes.
out of commission, not operating properly; out of order.
To put a vessel into commission (Naut.), to equip and man a
government vessel, and send it out on service after it has
been laid up; esp., the formal act of taking command of a
vessel for service, hoisting the flag, reading the orders,
etc.
To put a vessel out of commission (Naut.), to detach the
officers and crew and retire it from active service,
temporarily or permanently.
To put the great seal into commission or {To put the
Treasury into commission}, to place it in the hands of a
commissioner or commissioners during the abeyance of the
ordinary administration, as between the going out of one
lord keeper and the accession of another. [Eng.]
The United States Christian Commission, an organization
among the people of the North, during the Civil War, which
afforded material comforts to the Union soldiers, and
performed services of a religious character in the field
and in hospitals.
The United States Sanitary Commission, an organization
formed by the people of the North to cooperate with and
supplement the medical department of the Union armies
during the Civil War.
Syn: Charge; warrant; authority; mandate; office; trust;
employment.
[1913 Webster]Commission \Com*mis"sion\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Commissioned;
p. pr & vb. n. Commissioning.]
1. To give a commission to; to furnish with a commission; to
empower or authorize; as, to commission persons to perform
certain acts; to commission an officer.
[1913 Webster]
2. To send out with a charge or commission.
[1913 Webster]
A chosen band
He first commissions to the Latian land. --Dryden.
Syn: To appoint; depute; authorize; empower; delegate;
constitute; ordain.Factorage \Fac"tor*age\, n. [Cf. F. factorage.]
The allowance given to a factor, as a compensation for his
services; -- called also a commission.
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Commission merchant
(gcide) | Commission \Com*mis"sion\, n. [F., fr. L. commissio. See
Commit.]
1. The act of committing, doing, or performing; the act of
perpetrating.
[1913 Webster]
Every commission of sin introduces into the soul a
certain degree of hardness. --South.
[1913 Webster]
2. The act of intrusting; a charge; instructions as to how a
trust shall be executed.
[1913 Webster]
3. The duty or employment intrusted to any person or persons;
a trust; a charge.
[1913 Webster]
4. A formal written warrant or authority, granting certain
powers or privileges and authorizing or commanding the
performance of certain duties.
[1913 Webster]
Let him see our commission. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
5. A certificate conferring military or naval rank and
authority; as, a colonel's commission.
[1913 Webster]
6. A company of persons joined in the performance of some
duty or the execution of some trust; as, the interstate
commerce commission.
[1913 Webster]
A commission was at once appointed to examine into
the matter. --Prescott.
[1913 Webster]
7. (Com.)
(a) The acting under authority of, or on account of,
another.
(b) The thing to be done as agent for another; as, I have
three commissions for the city.
(c) The brokerage or allowance made to a factor or agent
for transacting business for another; as, a commission
of ten per cent on sales. See Del credere.
[1913 Webster]
Commission of array. (Eng. Hist.) See under Array.
Commission of bankruptcy, a commission appointing and
empowering certain persons to examine into the facts
relative to an alleged bankruptcy, and to secure the
bankrupt's lands and effects for the creditors.
Commission of lunacy, a commission authorizing an inquiry
whether a person is a lunatic or not.
Commission merchant, one who buys or sells goods on
commission, as the agent of others, receiving a rate per
cent as his compensation.
Commission officer or Commissioned officer, (Mil.), one
who has a commission, in distinction from a
noncommissioned or warrant officer.
Commission of the peace, a commission under the great seal,
constituting one or more persons justices of the peace.
[Eng.]
on commission, paid partly or completely by collecting as a
commision a portion of the sales that one makes.
out of commission, not operating properly; out of order.
To put a vessel into commission (Naut.), to equip and man a
government vessel, and send it out on service after it has
been laid up; esp., the formal act of taking command of a
vessel for service, hoisting the flag, reading the orders,
etc.
To put a vessel out of commission (Naut.), to detach the
officers and crew and retire it from active service,
temporarily or permanently.
To put the great seal into commission or {To put the
Treasury into commission}, to place it in the hands of a
commissioner or commissioners during the abeyance of the
ordinary administration, as between the going out of one
lord keeper and the accession of another. [Eng.]
The United States Christian Commission, an organization
among the people of the North, during the Civil War, which
afforded material comforts to the Union soldiers, and
performed services of a religious character in the field
and in hospitals.
The United States Sanitary Commission, an organization
formed by the people of the North to cooperate with and
supplement the medical department of the Union armies
during the Civil War.
Syn: Charge; warrant; authority; mandate; office; trust;
employment.
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Commission of array
(gcide) | Commission \Com*mis"sion\, n. [F., fr. L. commissio. See
Commit.]
1. The act of committing, doing, or performing; the act of
perpetrating.
[1913 Webster]
Every commission of sin introduces into the soul a
certain degree of hardness. --South.
[1913 Webster]
2. The act of intrusting; a charge; instructions as to how a
trust shall be executed.
[1913 Webster]
3. The duty or employment intrusted to any person or persons;
a trust; a charge.
[1913 Webster]
4. A formal written warrant or authority, granting certain
powers or privileges and authorizing or commanding the
performance of certain duties.
[1913 Webster]
Let him see our commission. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
5. A certificate conferring military or naval rank and
authority; as, a colonel's commission.
[1913 Webster]
6. A company of persons joined in the performance of some
duty or the execution of some trust; as, the interstate
commerce commission.
[1913 Webster]
A commission was at once appointed to examine into
the matter. --Prescott.
[1913 Webster]
7. (Com.)
(a) The acting under authority of, or on account of,
another.
(b) The thing to be done as agent for another; as, I have
three commissions for the city.
(c) The brokerage or allowance made to a factor or agent
for transacting business for another; as, a commission
of ten per cent on sales. See Del credere.
[1913 Webster]
Commission of array. (Eng. Hist.) See under Array.
Commission of bankruptcy, a commission appointing and
empowering certain persons to examine into the facts
relative to an alleged bankruptcy, and to secure the
bankrupt's lands and effects for the creditors.
Commission of lunacy, a commission authorizing an inquiry
whether a person is a lunatic or not.
Commission merchant, one who buys or sells goods on
commission, as the agent of others, receiving a rate per
cent as his compensation.
Commission officer or Commissioned officer, (Mil.), one
who has a commission, in distinction from a
noncommissioned or warrant officer.
Commission of the peace, a commission under the great seal,
constituting one or more persons justices of the peace.
[Eng.]
on commission, paid partly or completely by collecting as a
commision a portion of the sales that one makes.
out of commission, not operating properly; out of order.
To put a vessel into commission (Naut.), to equip and man a
government vessel, and send it out on service after it has
been laid up; esp., the formal act of taking command of a
vessel for service, hoisting the flag, reading the orders,
etc.
To put a vessel out of commission (Naut.), to detach the
officers and crew and retire it from active service,
temporarily or permanently.
To put the great seal into commission or {To put the
Treasury into commission}, to place it in the hands of a
commissioner or commissioners during the abeyance of the
ordinary administration, as between the going out of one
lord keeper and the accession of another. [Eng.]
The United States Christian Commission, an organization
among the people of the North, during the Civil War, which
afforded material comforts to the Union soldiers, and
performed services of a religious character in the field
and in hospitals.
The United States Sanitary Commission, an organization
formed by the people of the North to cooperate with and
supplement the medical department of the Union armies
during the Civil War.
Syn: Charge; warrant; authority; mandate; office; trust;
employment.
[1913 Webster]Array \Ar*ray"\, n. [OE. arai, arrai, OF. arrai, arrei, arroi,
order, arrangement, dress, F. arroi; a (L. ad) + OF. rai,
rei, roi, order, arrangement, fr. G. or Scand.; cf. Goth.
raidjan, garaidjan, to arrange, MHG. gereiten, Icel.
rei[eth]i rigging, harness; akin to E. ready. Cf. Ready,
Greith, Curry.]
1. Order; a regular and imposing arrangement; disposition in
regular lines; hence, order of battle; as, drawn up in
battle array.
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Wedged together in the closest array. --Gibbon.
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2. The whole body of persons thus placed in order; an orderly
collection; hence, a body of soldiers.
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A gallant array of nobles and cavaliers. --Prescott.
[1913 Webster]
3. An imposing series of things.
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Their long array of sapphire and of gold. --Byron.
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4. Dress; garments disposed in order upon the person; rich or
beautiful apparel. --Dryden.
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5. (Law)
(a) A ranking or setting forth in order, by the proper
officer, of a jury as impaneled in a cause.
(b) The panel itself.
(c) The whole body of jurors summoned to attend the court.
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To challenge the array (Law), to except to the whole panel.
--Cowell. --Tomlins. --Blount.
Commission of array (Eng. Hist.), a commission given by the
prince to officers in every county, to muster and array
the inhabitants, or see them in a condition for war.
--Blackstone.
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Commission of bankruptcy
(gcide) | Commission \Com*mis"sion\, n. [F., fr. L. commissio. See
Commit.]
1. The act of committing, doing, or performing; the act of
perpetrating.
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Every commission of sin introduces into the soul a
certain degree of hardness. --South.
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2. The act of intrusting; a charge; instructions as to how a
trust shall be executed.
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3. The duty or employment intrusted to any person or persons;
a trust; a charge.
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4. A formal written warrant or authority, granting certain
powers or privileges and authorizing or commanding the
performance of certain duties.
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Let him see our commission. --Shak.
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5. A certificate conferring military or naval rank and
authority; as, a colonel's commission.
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6. A company of persons joined in the performance of some
duty or the execution of some trust; as, the interstate
commerce commission.
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A commission was at once appointed to examine into
the matter. --Prescott.
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7. (Com.)
(a) The acting under authority of, or on account of,
another.
(b) The thing to be done as agent for another; as, I have
three commissions for the city.
(c) The brokerage or allowance made to a factor or agent
for transacting business for another; as, a commission
of ten per cent on sales. See Del credere.
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Commission of array. (Eng. Hist.) See under Array.
Commission of bankruptcy, a commission appointing and
empowering certain persons to examine into the facts
relative to an alleged bankruptcy, and to secure the
bankrupt's lands and effects for the creditors.
Commission of lunacy, a commission authorizing an inquiry
whether a person is a lunatic or not.
Commission merchant, one who buys or sells goods on
commission, as the agent of others, receiving a rate per
cent as his compensation.
Commission officer or Commissioned officer, (Mil.), one
who has a commission, in distinction from a
noncommissioned or warrant officer.
Commission of the peace, a commission under the great seal,
constituting one or more persons justices of the peace.
[Eng.]
on commission, paid partly or completely by collecting as a
commision a portion of the sales that one makes.
out of commission, not operating properly; out of order.
To put a vessel into commission (Naut.), to equip and man a
government vessel, and send it out on service after it has
been laid up; esp., the formal act of taking command of a
vessel for service, hoisting the flag, reading the orders,
etc.
To put a vessel out of commission (Naut.), to detach the
officers and crew and retire it from active service,
temporarily or permanently.
To put the great seal into commission or {To put the
Treasury into commission}, to place it in the hands of a
commissioner or commissioners during the abeyance of the
ordinary administration, as between the going out of one
lord keeper and the accession of another. [Eng.]
The United States Christian Commission, an organization
among the people of the North, during the Civil War, which
afforded material comforts to the Union soldiers, and
performed services of a religious character in the field
and in hospitals.
The United States Sanitary Commission, an organization
formed by the people of the North to cooperate with and
supplement the medical department of the Union armies
during the Civil War.
Syn: Charge; warrant; authority; mandate; office; trust;
employment.
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Commission of general gaol delivery
(gcide) | Gaol \Gaol\ (j[=a]l), n. [See Jail.]
A place of confinement, especially for minor offenses or
provisional imprisonment; a jail. [Preferably, and in the
United States usually, written jail.]
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Commission of general gaol delivery, an authority conferred
upon judges and others included in it, for trying and
delivering every prisoner in jail when the judges, upon
their circuit, arrive at the place for holding court, and
for discharging any whom the grand jury fail to indict.
[Eng.]
Gaol delivery. (Law) See Jail delivery, under Jail.
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Commission of lunacy
(gcide) | Commission \Com*mis"sion\, n. [F., fr. L. commissio. See
Commit.]
1. The act of committing, doing, or performing; the act of
perpetrating.
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Every commission of sin introduces into the soul a
certain degree of hardness. --South.
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2. The act of intrusting; a charge; instructions as to how a
trust shall be executed.
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3. The duty or employment intrusted to any person or persons;
a trust; a charge.
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4. A formal written warrant or authority, granting certain
powers or privileges and authorizing or commanding the
performance of certain duties.
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Let him see our commission. --Shak.
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5. A certificate conferring military or naval rank and
authority; as, a colonel's commission.
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6. A company of persons joined in the performance of some
duty or the execution of some trust; as, the interstate
commerce commission.
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A commission was at once appointed to examine into
the matter. --Prescott.
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7. (Com.)
(a) The acting under authority of, or on account of,
another.
(b) The thing to be done as agent for another; as, I have
three commissions for the city.
(c) The brokerage or allowance made to a factor or agent
for transacting business for another; as, a commission
of ten per cent on sales. See Del credere.
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Commission of array. (Eng. Hist.) See under Array.
Commission of bankruptcy, a commission appointing and
empowering certain persons to examine into the facts
relative to an alleged bankruptcy, and to secure the
bankrupt's lands and effects for the creditors.
Commission of lunacy, a commission authorizing an inquiry
whether a person is a lunatic or not.
Commission merchant, one who buys or sells goods on
commission, as the agent of others, receiving a rate per
cent as his compensation.
Commission officer or Commissioned officer, (Mil.), one
who has a commission, in distinction from a
noncommissioned or warrant officer.
Commission of the peace, a commission under the great seal,
constituting one or more persons justices of the peace.
[Eng.]
on commission, paid partly or completely by collecting as a
commision a portion of the sales that one makes.
out of commission, not operating properly; out of order.
To put a vessel into commission (Naut.), to equip and man a
government vessel, and send it out on service after it has
been laid up; esp., the formal act of taking command of a
vessel for service, hoisting the flag, reading the orders,
etc.
To put a vessel out of commission (Naut.), to detach the
officers and crew and retire it from active service,
temporarily or permanently.
To put the great seal into commission or {To put the
Treasury into commission}, to place it in the hands of a
commissioner or commissioners during the abeyance of the
ordinary administration, as between the going out of one
lord keeper and the accession of another. [Eng.]
The United States Christian Commission, an organization
among the people of the North, during the Civil War, which
afforded material comforts to the Union soldiers, and
performed services of a religious character in the field
and in hospitals.
The United States Sanitary Commission, an organization
formed by the people of the North to cooperate with and
supplement the medical department of the Union armies
during the Civil War.
Syn: Charge; warrant; authority; mandate; office; trust;
employment.
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Commission of rebellion
(gcide) | Rebellion \Re*bel"lion\ (r[-e]*b[e^]l"y[u^]n), n. [F.
r['e]bellion, L. rebellio. See Rebel, v. i. Among the
Romans rebellion was originally a revolt or open resistance
to their government by nations that had been subdued in war.
It was a renewed war.]
1. The act of rebelling; open and avowed renunciation of the
authority of the government to which one owes obedience,
and resistance to its officers and laws, either by levying
war, or by aiding others to do so; an organized uprising
of subjects for the purpose of coercing or overthrowing
their lawful ruler or government by force; revolt;
insurrection.
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No sooner is the standard of rebellion displayed
than men of desperate principles resort to it.
--Ames.
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2. Open resistance to, or defiance of, lawful authority.
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Commission of rebellion (Eng. Law), a process of contempt
issued on the nonappearance of a defendant, -- now
abolished. --Wharton. --Burrill.
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Syn: Insurrection; sedition; revolt; mutiny; resistance;
contumacy. See Insurrection.
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Commission of review
(gcide) | Review \Re*view"\, n. [F. revue, fr. revu, p. p. of revoir to
see again, L. revidere; pref. re- re- + videre to see. See
View, and cf. Revise.]
1. A second or repeated view; a reexamination; a
retrospective survey; a looking over again; as, a review
of one's studies; a review of life.
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2. An examination with a view to amendment or improvement;
revision; as, an author's review of his works.
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3. A critical examination of a publication, with remarks; a
criticism; a critique.
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4. A periodical containing critical essays upon matters of
interest, as new productions in literature, art, etc.
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5. An inspection, as of troops under arms or of a naval
force, by a high officer, for the purpose of ascertaining
the state of discipline, equipments, etc.
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6. (Law) The judicial examination of the proceedings of a
lower court by a higher.
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7. A lesson studied or recited for a second time.
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Bill of review (Equity), a bill, in the nature of
proceedings in error, filed to procure an examination and
alteration or reversal of a final decree which has been
duly signed and enrolled. --Wharton.
Commission of review (Eng. Eccl. Law), a commission
formerly granted by the crown to revise the sentence of
the court of delegates.
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Syn: Reexamination; resurvey; retrospect; survey;
reconsideration; revisal; revise; revision.
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Commission of the peace
(gcide) | Commission \Com*mis"sion\, n. [F., fr. L. commissio. See
Commit.]
1. The act of committing, doing, or performing; the act of
perpetrating.
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Every commission of sin introduces into the soul a
certain degree of hardness. --South.
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2. The act of intrusting; a charge; instructions as to how a
trust shall be executed.
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3. The duty or employment intrusted to any person or persons;
a trust; a charge.
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4. A formal written warrant or authority, granting certain
powers or privileges and authorizing or commanding the
performance of certain duties.
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Let him see our commission. --Shak.
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5. A certificate conferring military or naval rank and
authority; as, a colonel's commission.
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6. A company of persons joined in the performance of some
duty or the execution of some trust; as, the interstate
commerce commission.
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A commission was at once appointed to examine into
the matter. --Prescott.
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7. (Com.)
(a) The acting under authority of, or on account of,
another.
(b) The thing to be done as agent for another; as, I have
three commissions for the city.
(c) The brokerage or allowance made to a factor or agent
for transacting business for another; as, a commission
of ten per cent on sales. See Del credere.
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Commission of array. (Eng. Hist.) See under Array.
Commission of bankruptcy, a commission appointing and
empowering certain persons to examine into the facts
relative to an alleged bankruptcy, and to secure the
bankrupt's lands and effects for the creditors.
Commission of lunacy, a commission authorizing an inquiry
whether a person is a lunatic or not.
Commission merchant, one who buys or sells goods on
commission, as the agent of others, receiving a rate per
cent as his compensation.
Commission officer or Commissioned officer, (Mil.), one
who has a commission, in distinction from a
noncommissioned or warrant officer.
Commission of the peace, a commission under the great seal,
constituting one or more persons justices of the peace.
[Eng.]
on commission, paid partly or completely by collecting as a
commision a portion of the sales that one makes.
out of commission, not operating properly; out of order.
To put a vessel into commission (Naut.), to equip and man a
government vessel, and send it out on service after it has
been laid up; esp., the formal act of taking command of a
vessel for service, hoisting the flag, reading the orders,
etc.
To put a vessel out of commission (Naut.), to detach the
officers and crew and retire it from active service,
temporarily or permanently.
To put the great seal into commission or {To put the
Treasury into commission}, to place it in the hands of a
commissioner or commissioners during the abeyance of the
ordinary administration, as between the going out of one
lord keeper and the accession of another. [Eng.]
The United States Christian Commission, an organization
among the people of the North, during the Civil War, which
afforded material comforts to the Union soldiers, and
performed services of a religious character in the field
and in hospitals.
The United States Sanitary Commission, an organization
formed by the people of the North to cooperate with and
supplement the medical department of the Union armies
during the Civil War.
Syn: Charge; warrant; authority; mandate; office; trust;
employment.
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Commission officer
(gcide) | Commission \Com*mis"sion\, n. [F., fr. L. commissio. See
Commit.]
1. The act of committing, doing, or performing; the act of
perpetrating.
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Every commission of sin introduces into the soul a
certain degree of hardness. --South.
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2. The act of intrusting; a charge; instructions as to how a
trust shall be executed.
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3. The duty or employment intrusted to any person or persons;
a trust; a charge.
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4. A formal written warrant or authority, granting certain
powers or privileges and authorizing or commanding the
performance of certain duties.
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Let him see our commission. --Shak.
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5. A certificate conferring military or naval rank and
authority; as, a colonel's commission.
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6. A company of persons joined in the performance of some
duty or the execution of some trust; as, the interstate
commerce commission.
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A commission was at once appointed to examine into
the matter. --Prescott.
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7. (Com.)
(a) The acting under authority of, or on account of,
another.
(b) The thing to be done as agent for another; as, I have
three commissions for the city.
(c) The brokerage or allowance made to a factor or agent
for transacting business for another; as, a commission
of ten per cent on sales. See Del credere.
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Commission of array. (Eng. Hist.) See under Array.
Commission of bankruptcy, a commission appointing and
empowering certain persons to examine into the facts
relative to an alleged bankruptcy, and to secure the
bankrupt's lands and effects for the creditors.
Commission of lunacy, a commission authorizing an inquiry
whether a person is a lunatic or not.
Commission merchant, one who buys or sells goods on
commission, as the agent of others, receiving a rate per
cent as his compensation.
Commission officer or Commissioned officer, (Mil.), one
who has a commission, in distinction from a
noncommissioned or warrant officer.
Commission of the peace, a commission under the great seal,
constituting one or more persons justices of the peace.
[Eng.]
on commission, paid partly or completely by collecting as a
commision a portion of the sales that one makes.
out of commission, not operating properly; out of order.
To put a vessel into commission (Naut.), to equip and man a
government vessel, and send it out on service after it has
been laid up; esp., the formal act of taking command of a
vessel for service, hoisting the flag, reading the orders,
etc.
To put a vessel out of commission (Naut.), to detach the
officers and crew and retire it from active service,
temporarily or permanently.
To put the great seal into commission or {To put the
Treasury into commission}, to place it in the hands of a
commissioner or commissioners during the abeyance of the
ordinary administration, as between the going out of one
lord keeper and the accession of another. [Eng.]
The United States Christian Commission, an organization
among the people of the North, during the Civil War, which
afforded material comforts to the Union soldiers, and
performed services of a religious character in the field
and in hospitals.
The United States Sanitary Commission, an organization
formed by the people of the North to cooperate with and
supplement the medical department of the Union armies
during the Civil War.
Syn: Charge; warrant; authority; mandate; office; trust;
employment.
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Commissionaire
(gcide) | Commissionaire \Com*mis`sion*aire"\, n. [F. commissionnaire. Cf.
Commissioner.]
1. One intrusted with a commission, now only a small
commission, as an errand; esp., an attendant or
subordinate employee in a public office, hotel, or the
like.
Note: The commissionaire familiar to European travelers
performs miscellaneous services as a light porter,
messenger, solicitor for hotels, etc.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
2. One of a corps of pensioned soldiers, as in London,
employed as doorkeepers, messengers, etc.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
3. a uniformed doorman. [British]
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