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An assemblage of the populus (the original burgesses) by tribes. In these assemblies no one of the plebs could vote. They were held for the purpose of confirming matters acted on b

An assembly of the Romans in which they voted by tribes or neighborhoods.

In old English law. A countess; an earl's wife. Towns. PI. 149. COMITIVA (Law Lat. from comes, q. v.) In old English law. The dignity and office of a comes (count or earl); the sam

The office of an earl or count.

Lat. [from 0. Lat. caiare, to call or convoke.] Comitia convened for certain religious purposes, and at which testaments were usually made. Aul. Gell, XV. 27» The term is usually a

a proper respect for state functions, a recognition of the fact that the entire country is made up of a Union of separate state governments, and a continuance of the belief that th

The comity of nations.

The enforcement of the laws of one state by another, by courtesy. See 67 Conn. 91, 52 Am. St. Rep. 270, 32 L. R. A. 236, 34 Atl. 714.

A species of protective tariff formerly in existence in England, imposing import-duties on various kinds of grain. The com laws were abolished in 1846.

Companions, attendants or followers; retainers or adherents; earls or counts, v. Comes. Comites paleys, or palentynes: counts or earls who had the government of a county palatine;

L I. In old English law. To common; to enjoy the right of common.

An order, imperative direction or behest. State v. Mann, 2 N. C. 4; Barney v. Hayes, 11 Mont 571, 29 Pac. 282, 28 Am. St. Rep. 495.

In this title, the term "Commandant" means the Commandant of the Coast Guard. / the term "Commandant" means the Commandant of the Coast Guard; / The term “Comma

In French law. A writ served by the huissier pursuant to a judgment or to an executory notarial deed. Its object is to give notice to the debtor that if he does not pay the sum to

The term "Commander" means the Commander of the United States Special Operations Command.

The president is made commander-in-chief of the army and navy of the United States and of the militia when in actual service, by art. ii. § 2 of the constitution.

Whether the commander of a squadron be liable to individuals for the trespasses of those under his command is a question on which it would be equally incorrect to lay down a genera

or COMMANDRY (Lat. praeceptoria.) In English law. An establishment belonging to the priory of St. John of Jerusalem, consisting usually of a manor, or chief messuage, with lands an

The term “commanding officer” includes only commissioned officers.

An officer may be said to command at a separate post, when he is out of the reach of the orders of the Commander in chief, or of a superior officer, in command in the neighbourhood

(French) A silent partner.

Special partners; partners en commandite. See "Commandite."

In French law. A partnership in which some furnish money, and others furnish their skill and labor in place of capital. A special or limited partnership. Those who embark capital i

Fr. In French law. A special or limited partnership, where the contract is between one or more persons who are general partners, and jointly and severally responsible, and one or m

In French law. A special or limited partnership, where the contract is between one or more persons who are general partners, and jointly and severally responsible, and one or more

In Practice. An act of authority, as of a magistrate or judge, in committing a person to prison. Cowell. In Old Criminal Law, The act or offense of one who commands another to tran

A boundary, or border; a common boundary.

A frontier; a boundary.

As; whereas.

page 20(). An act approved October 1, 1888 (35 St. L. 501), autnorizes the creation of boards of arbitration or commission tor settling controversies and differences between railro

Commemorative work.—The term “commemorative work” means any statue, monument, sculpture, memorial, plaque, inscription, or other structure or landscape feature, including a garden

No person may commence any significant modification of any project licensed under, or exempted from, this chapter unless such modification is authorized in accordance with terms an

An action is 'commenced' for these purposes as a matter of federal law when instituted by service of process issued out of a state court, even if one which itself is unable to proc

The term “commenced commercial operation” means to have begun to generate electricity for sale.

The first existence of a thing; a start; a beginning. Commencement of a building': work done on the ground the effect of which is apparent. Commencement of a suit: such a proceedin

The proclamation of intended blockade by the President may therefore be assumed as marking the first of these dates, and the proclamation that the war had closed, as marking the se

the date specified in a statute of limitations as the beginning of the applicable limitations period.

For purposes of paragraph (1), the term “commencement of a civil enforcement action” means— (A) the signing and issuance of a proposed remedial order against any person for filing

Both Governments could not be understood to exist at the same time. The new Government did not commence until the old Government expired. It is apparent that the Government did not

The certainty that the goods are headed to sea and that the process of exportation has started may normally be best evidenced by the fact that they have been delivered to a common

To place under the control of a lord.

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.

Moore, 905. A commendam is the power of receiving and retaining a benefice contrary to positive law, by supreme authority.

A commendam is the power of receiving and retaining a benefice contrary to positive law, from the supreme authority.

In Ecclesiastical Law. The appointment of a suitable clerk to hold a void or vacant benefice or church living until a regular pastor be appointed. Hob. 144; Latch, 236. —In Louisia

I. In the civil law. To commend; to recommend a person; to commend or praise a thing, as an article offered for sale; to deposit; to lend; to e'ntrust a thing. In old European and

Lat. In old European and feudal law. To commend, commit or entrust oneself to the protection of another, (called among the Saxons mundeburde, or mundbyrd.) Spelman. Cowell, voc. Mu

In the civil law. Commendation; praise; that recommendation of his wares by a seller which does not bind him as a warranty.

In feudal law. Commendation was where an owner of land placed himself and his land under the protection of a lord, so as to constitute himself his vassal or feudal tenant. Commenda

One holding a benefice in commendam.

In ecclesiastical law. Secular persons upon whom ecclesiastical benefices are bestowed. So called because they are commended and intrusted to their oversight. They are merely trust

He who holds a church living or preferment in commendam. Rapalje & L.

Letters written by one bishop to another on behalf of any of the clergy, or others of his diocese traveling thither, that they may be received among the faithful, or that the clerk

In feudal law. One who, by voluntary homage, put himself under the protection of a superior lord. Cowell; Spelman.

The term “commensurate action” means action taken by the President under section 6445(b) of this title .

comment on the refusal to testify is a remnant of the 'inquisitorial system of criminal justice,' which the Fifth Amendment outlaws. It is a penalty imposed by courts for exercisin

trade, traffic, commerce, transportation, or communication among the several States, or between the District of Columbia or any Territory of the United States and any State or othe

comprehending traffic, intercourse, trade, navigation, communication, the transit of persons, and the transmission of messages by telegraph,—indeed, every species on commercial int

intercourse and traffic between their citizens, and includes the transportation of persons and property, and the navigation of public waters for that purpose, as well as the purcha

whenever a commodity has begun to move as an article of trade from one State to another, commerce in that commodity between the States has commenced

Congress are, by the Constitution, vested with the power to regulate commerce with foreign nations; and however, at periods of high excitement, an application of the terms 'to regu

even if appellee's activity be local and though it may not be regarded as commerce, it may still, whatever its nature, be reached by Congress if it exerts a substantial economic ef

The power conferred is to regulate, and the very terms of the grant would seem to repel the contention that only prohibition of movement in interstate commerce was embraced. And th

The term “Commerce Control List” means the list maintained pursuant to part 774 of the Export Administration Regulations (or any corresponding similar regulation or ruling).

See Court of Commerce .

The power to regulate commerce is the power 'to prescribe the rule by which commerce is to be governed,' and extends to the prohibition of shipments in such commerce. The power 'is

The power to regulate commerce, includes the power to regulate navigation, as connected with the commerce with foreign nations, and among the states... It does not stop at the mere

Commerce with foreign nations, must signify commerce which in some sense is necessarily connected with these nations, transactions which either immediately, or at some stage of the

The power of Congress to regulate commerce with the Indian tribes is 'as broad and as free from restrictions as that to regulate commerce with foreign nations.' ... The power of Co

commerce with the Indian tribes, means commerce with the individuals composing those tribes.

Compacts entered into by belligerent nations to secure a temporary and limited peace. 1 Kent, Comm. 159. Contracts made between citizens of hostile nations in time of war. 1 Kent,

The term “commercial entity” or “commercial” means a non-Federal entity organized under the laws of the United States or of any jurisdiction within the United States. / the term “c

The term “commercial activities” means activities that are conducted in a manner consistent with prevailing commercial practices and includes— (A) the acquisition, use, sale, stora

the term “commercial activity” shall have the meaning given it in section 1603(d) of title 28 , and / The term “commercial activity” means all activities of industry and trade, inc

The same as a "mercantile" agency. In re United States Mercantile Reporting, etc., Co., 52 Hun. 611, 4 N. Y. Supp. 916. See Mercantile.

A consular officer in charge of the commercial interests of his country at a foreign port; a traveling solicitor. See 98 Va. 91, 81 Am. St. Rep. 705, 47 L. R. A. 583, 34 S. E. 967.

all passenger carriers formerly certificated by the Civil Aeronautics Board.

The term “commercial airport” means a large hub, medium hub, small hub, or nonhub airport.

In general.—The term "commercial air tour operation over a national park" means any flight, conducted for compensation or hire in a powered aircraft where a purpose of th

Commercial air tour operator.—The term "commercial air tour operator" means any person who conducts a commercial air tour operation over a national park.

property, other than transportation property and land used primarily for agricultural purposes or timber growing, devoted to commercial and industrial use and subject to a property

The term “commercial and retail waste” means material discarded by stores, offices, restaurants, warehouses, nonmanufacturing activities at industrial facilities, and other similar

The term “commercial annuity” means an annuity, endowment, or life insurance contract issued by an insurance company licensed to do business under the laws of any State.

The term “commercial applicator” means an applicator (whether or not the applicator is a private applicator with respect to some uses) who uses or supervises the use of any pestici

The term “commercial article” means an article that is usable for a nondefense purpose. / The term "commercial article" means an article that is usable for a nondefense p

The term "commercial auditor" means a private entity engaged in the business of performing audits. / The term "commercial auditor" means a private entity engage

For purposes of this subpart, the term “commercial aviation” means any use of an aircraft in a business of transporting persons or property for compensation or hire by air, unless

banks that receive deposits subject to repayment, lend money, discount and negotiate promissory notes and the like

the 'cluster of products (various kinds of credit) and services (such as checking accounts and trust administration) denoted by the term 'commercial banking' * * * composes a disti

One who as a broker, merely, negotiates sales for others. See 23 Wall. (U. S.) 321, 23 L. Ed. 143.

The term “commercial building” means any building other than a residential building, including any building developed for industrial or public purposes.

The term “commercial cargo” means any cargo transported on a commercial vessel, including passengers transported for compensation or hire.

The term “commercial clothes washer” means a soft-mount front-loading or soft-mount top-loading clothes washer that— (A) has a clothes container compartment that— (i) for horizonta

The terms "commercial product", "commercial service", "nondevelopmental item", "component", and "commercial component" have the me

the term 'commercial' was meant to apply to the nature of the business in which the energy is consumed, and not to the specific purpose to which each measurable unit of electricity

All commercial contracts with the subjects or in the territory of the enemy, whether made directly by one in person, or indirectly through an agent, who is neutral, are illegal and

One engaged in commerce in the broadest sense of that term; hence including a railroad company. Sweatt v. Railroad Co., 23 Fed. Cas. 530.

A name commonly applied in English practice to the trial of commercial causes in London and Liverpool before judges of the High Court. It is said to be "a mere piece of convenience

The term “commercial derivative military article” means an item procured by the Department of Defense that is or will be produced using the same production facilities, a common sup

The commercial designation of an article, which designation was known at the time of the passage of a tariff act, is the name by which the article should be classified for the paym