Definition of Commendation | OpenJurist

Definitions from Black's Law Dictionary: 2nd Edition and Ballentine's Law Dictionary as are available for each term in each dictionary.

Commendation

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

Definition:
The voluntary subjection of a freeman to a lord to secure his protection.
Commendation

Black's Law Dictionary: 2nd Edition

Definition:
In feudal law. This was the act by which an owner of allodial land placed himself and his land undor the protection of a lord, so as to constitute himself his vassal or feudui tenant.