Commenda
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
In French Law. The delivery of a benefice to one who cannot hold the legal title, to keep and manage it for a time limited, and render an account of the proceeds. Guyot. Rep. Univ. In Mercantile Law. An association in which the manag^ent of the property was intrusted to individuals. Troubat, Lim. Partn. c.
3, § 27.
COMMENDA EST FACULTAS RECIPIendi et retinendi beneficlum contra jus posltivum a suprema potestate. A commendam is the power of receiving and retaining a benefice contrary to positive law, by supreme authority.
Moore, 905.