Commission

[Lat. commissio, from committere, to commit or entrust.] In practice. A warrant or authority in writing and under seal, sometimes in the form of letters patent, empowering those to whom it is directed, to perform certain acts, or to exercise a certain jurisdiction.

Termes de la ley

It is for the most part the same as the delegatio of the civilians.

Cowell.

See old forms of commissions.

Reg. Orig. 64, 88, 128, 188. Reg. Jud. Appendix, 19.

In England, the judges of the superior courts sit upon their circuits, by virtue of commissions.

1 Tidd's Pr. 41.

And justices of the peace are always appointed by commission. See infra. The individuals themselves, who act by virtue of such an authority. A writ issued out of some court under its seal, authorizing the persons named in it to perform certain specified duties, as to take the testimony of witnesses, &c. See Commission to take Testimony. The compensation allowed an agent for his services.

Story on Agency, § 326.

To COMMISSION. To authorize or empower by virtue of a written warrant, authority or commission; to appoint with such authority. The emphatic word in the old commissions is constituimus, (we have constituted,) or assignavimus, (we have assigned,) Bract, fol.

109, 110. Reg. Orig. 64, 88, 128. Reg. Jud. Appendix, 19.