Commissary Court

In Scotch law. A court of general ecclesiastical jurisdiction. It was held before four commissioners, appointed by the crown from among the faculty of advocates. It had a double jurisdiction: First, that exercised within a certain district; second, another, universal, by which it reviewed the sentences of inferior commissioners, and confirmed the testaments of those dying abroad, or djring in the country without having an established domicile. Bell, Diet. It has been abrogated, its jurisdiction in matters of confirmation being given to the sheriff, and the jurisdiction as to marriage and divorce to the court of session. Paterson, Comp. See 4 Geo. IV. c. 47; 1 Wm. IV. c. 69; 6 & 7 Wm. IV. c. 41; 13 & 14 Vict. c. 36. COMMISSION (Lat. commissio; from comr mittere, to intrust to). An undertaking without reward to do something for another, with respect to a thing bailed. Rutherforth, Inst. 105. A body of persons authorized to act in a certain matter. 5 Barn. & C. 850. The act of perpetrating an offense. 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 Gresl. Eq. Ev. 72. 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 ofl Sce in the appointee. 1 Cranch (U. S.) 137; 2 Nott & McC. (S. C.) 357; 1 Mc- Cord (S. C.) 233, 238. See 1 Pet. (U. S.) 194; 2 Sumn. (U. S.) 299; 8 Conn. 109; 1 Pa. St. 297; 2 Const. (S. C.) 696; 2 Tyler (Vt.) 235. the property involved, as compensation to a servant or agent for services performed. See "Commissions." Of Array. This commission Issued to send into every county officers to muster or set in military order the inhabitants. The introduction of commissions of lieutenancy, ■which contained, in substance, the same powers as these commissions, superseded them. 2 Steph. Comm. (7th Ed.) 582.

A Scotch eeclesiastical court of general jurisdiction, held before four commissioners, members of the Faculty of Advocates, appointed by the crown.