Commissioner
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
[L. Lat. commissionarius.] A person holding a commission for the discharge of certain duties, as the execution of a public office.
Cowell.
See Commission. A person holding a commission to take affidavits or depositions and the acknowledgments of deeds, is frequently simply termed a commissioner. A person to whom a commission is directed, authorizing the performance of certain specific acts, as the examination of witnesses.
Jacob.