Law Dictionary

See "Del Credere Commission."

where an agent of a seller undertakes to guaranty to his principal the payment of the debt due by the buyer. The phrase "del oredere" is borrowed from the Italian language, in whic

Same as Commission of lunacy.

The same as a commission of lunacy, (see infra.) In re Missel witz, 177 Pa. 359, 35 Atl. 722. —Commission del credere, in commercial law, is where an agent of a seller undertakes t

The term “commissioned officer” includes a commissioned warrant officer. / The term “commissioned officer” means a member of the naval service serving in a grade above warrant offi

In the United States army and navy and marine corps, those who hold their rank and office under commissions issued by the president, as distinguished from non-commissioned of-ficor

In this section, the term “commissioned service obligation” means, with respect to an officer who is a graduate of the University, the period beginning on the date of the appointme

The term “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection of the Department of Homeland Security. / The term “Commissioner” means the Commissioner respon

UNITED STATES. An officer appointed by the United States District Court in each district, in place of Commissioners of the Circuit Court. The court may appoint such number and in s

The act of July 4, 1836, ... provides 'that, from and after the passage of this act, the executive duties now prescribed, or which may hereafter be prescribed by law, appertaining

The title given by law to the head of the patent office bureau.

The function he performed was judicial in its character. No provision is made for appeal or review. His decision must be held conclusive until the patent is impeached in a proceedi

Officers appointed by some courts to take recognizances of bail in civil cases.

In English law. Commissioners appointed under the great seal, and whose duties are to take proof of the petitioning creditor's debt, to his trade and effects, assign his property t

The name given, under the former English practice in bankruptcy, to the persons appointed under the great seal to execute a commission of bankruptcy, (g. v.)

Officers appointed by and attached to the circuit courts of the United States, performing functions partly ministerial and partly judicial. To a certain extent they represent the j

Officers appointed by the governors of many of the states, resident in another state or territory, empowered to take acknowledgments, administer oaths, etc., to be used in the stat

Officers having certain powers and duties concerning the highways within the limits of their jurisdiction. They are usually three in number. In some of the states they are county o

In English Law. A court of record of special jurisdiction in England. It is a temporary tribunal, erected by virtue of a commission under the great seal, which formerly was granted

Persons appointed to levy the land-tax in Scotland, and to cause a valuation roll to be annually made up, and to perform other duties in their respective counties. Bell.

the term “Commission for Environmental Cooperation” means the commission established by Part Three of the North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation; and

the term “Commission for Labor Cooperation” means the commission established by Part Three of the North American Agreement on Labor Cooperation; and

The commissioning of officers in the Army is a matter of discretion within the province of the President as Commander in Chief. Whatever control courts have exerted over tenure or

The term “Commission investigation” means any inquiry conducted by a Commission investigator for the purpose of ascertaining whether any person is or has been engaged in any unfair

The term “Commission investigator” means any attorney or investigator employed by the Commission who is charged with the duty of enforcing or carrying into effect any provisions re

The term “commission merchant” means any person engaged in the business of receiving any farm product for sale, on commission, or for or on behalf of another person. / The term “co

One who sells goods in his own name at his own store, and on commission, though from samples, not having the goods in his possession, but obtaining possession as soon as sales are

a commission may be forfeited by grossly illegal conduct; and a commission fraudulently obtained, is, as to vesting the interests of prize, utterly void. But a commission may be la

the term “commission of an offense” includes the attempted commission of an offense, the consummation of an offense, and any immediate flight after the commission of an offense; an

In English law. An authority under the great seal to collect a tax or subsidy before the day.

A tribunal appointed to relieve an appellate court whose calendar is overcrowded.

Where property has been arrested in an admiralty action tn rent and ordered by the court to be sold, the order is carried out by a commission of appraisement and sale; in some case

A royal command for the drafting of troops. See 1 Bl. Comm. 411.

Those issued to judges of the high court or court of appeal, authorizing them to sit at the assises for the trial of civil actions.

Those issued to judges of the high court or court of appeal, authorizing them to sit at the aasises for the trial of civil actions.

A commission appointing judges of assize to sit in those years when the justices in eyre did not.

A commission or authority formerly granted by the lord chancellor to such persons as he should think proper, to examine the bsnkrupt in all matters relating to his trade and effect

A commission of bankruptcy relates to the act of bankruptcy, having the effect of an execution; it prevents the transmission of the bankrupt's property from that time to any but hi

This commission issues out of chancery to the bishop and others, where lands given to charitable uses are misemployed, or there is any fraud or dispute concerning them, to inquire

Same as Court of delegates.

A commission appointed by the court to try all the prisoners confined in a jail.

See Commission of Areat.

A commission appointed by a court to examine one as to his sanity. See 177 Pa. 359, 35 Atl. 722.

Commissioners sent by the crown on the various circuits to hold jury trials. See 3 Bl. Comm. 58.

In an action in the English admiralty division, where it is necessary to have the cargo in a ship unladen in order to have it appraised, a commission of uniivery is issued and exec

A commission appointed to carry out the decree of the court in partition proceedings.

The right of capture is entirely derived from the law: It is not an absolute, vested right which cannot be taken away or modified by law: It is a limited right, which is subject to

A writ authorizing the seizure of a defendant for contempt. See 3 Bl.Comm. 444.

(Eccles.) A commission appointed to revise a sentence of the court of delegates. See 3 Bl. Comm. 67.

In English law. A commission under the great seal, constituting the persons to whom it is directed a court of special jurisdiction under the name of commissioners of sewers, (q. V.

A commission appointing justices of the peace. See 1 Bl. Comm. 351.

Leagues and arrangements made between states and kingdoms, by their ambassadors and ministers, for the mutual advantage of the kingdoms in alliance. Wharton.

In an action in the English admiralty division, where if is necvssary to have the cargo ina ship unladen in order to have it appraised, a commission of unliyery is issued and execu

(French) Letters rogatory.

In practice. Compensation allowed to agents, factors, executors, trustees, receivers, and other persons who manage the affairs of others, in recompense for their services.

The term “Commission State” means a State that contains 1 or more eligible counties.

An authorization to take testimony out of court. See Barb. (N. Y.) 110.

In English law. A commission issued when defendant lives abroad to swear him to such answer. 15 & 16 Viet. c. 86, § 21. Obsolete. See Jud. Acts, 1873, 1875.

A written authority issued by a court of justice, giving power to take the testimony of witnesses who cannot be personally produced in court. Tracy v. Suydam, 30 Barb. (N. Y.) 110.

Caused by or consisting in acts of commission, as distinguished from neglect, sufferance or toleration; as in the phrase "commissive waste," which is contrasted with "permissive wa

Active or positive waste; waste done by acts of spoliation or destruction. rather than by mere neglect; the same as voluntary waste. See infra.

I. I. In old English law. A committer; one who committed or entrusted land to another to hold during his pleasura

In Roman law. A clause which might be inserted in an agreement for a sale upon credit, to the effect that the vendor should be freed from his obligation, and might rescind the sale

In practice. To send a person to prison by virtue of a lawful authority, for any crime or contempt or to an asylum, workhouse, reformatory or the like, by authority of a court or m

In practice. The warrant or order by which a court or magis- The act of sending a person to prison by means of such a warrant or order. 9 N. H. 204; 203 111. 262.

when a Court commits a party for a contempt, their adjudication is a conviction, and their commitment, in consequence is execution... no Court can discharge, on bail, a person that

but is not limited to, situations in which there is "no law to apply.

This is a very narrow exception... applicable in those rare instances where 'statutes are drawn in such broad terms that in a given case there is no law to apply.

of the sort that is traditionally unreviewable," it operates to keep certain categories of agency action out of the courts; but when agency action is appropriately in the courts, a

For purposes of this chapter, other than section 288b of this title , the term “committee” includes standing, select, and special committees of the Senate established by law or res

the term “committee of Congress” includes standing committees, joint committees, and select committees;

In English law. All bills which relate to the public income or expenditure must originate with the house of commons, and all bllls authorizing expenditure of the public money are b

the term “committee of the Senate” means— (I) any standing committee (including the majority and minority policy committees) of the Senate; (II) any select committee (including the

The term “Committees” means the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate. / The term “Committe

The term “Committees of Congress” means the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Resources of the House of Representatives.

I. In old English law. To commit; to entrust or put in charge; to commit, or be guilty of; to send to; to send to prison or into custody. Committit jurator perjuriam quando, etc.:

See Magistrate; Justice of the Peace. ment, which charges a person already In prison, In execution at the suit of the person who arrested him.

An entry recording one’s commitment.

In English law. An instrument in writing, on paper or parchment, which charges a person already in prison, in execution at the suit of the person who arrested him.

Commixtion.

In civil law. A term used to signify the act by which goods are mixed together. The commixtion of liquids is called "confusion" {q. v.), and that of solids a "mixture." Lee. Elm. §

In the civil law. The mixing together or confusion of things, dry orsolid, belonging to different owners, as distinguished from cony‘usio, which has relation to liquids.

In old English law. Tenants and inhabitants, who had the right of common, in open fields or woods.

commune, I fr. In old English law. Commonalty.

I. In the civil law. To loan or lend; to give to another to be used.

In Scotch law. A loan for use. Ersk. Inst. bk. 3, tit. 1, § 20; 1 Bell, Comm. 225. COMMODATI ACTIO (Lat.) See "Actio Commodatio," etc.

Lat. In the civil law. An action of loan; an action for a thing lent. An action given for the recovery of a thing loaned, (commodatum,) and not returned to the lender. Inst. 3, 15,

I. In the civil law. A thing loaned; a grajtuitous loan of a specific thing.

In Spanish law. A contract by which one person lends gratuitously to another some object not consumable, to be restored to him in kind at a given period.

I. In the civil law. A lender.

A species of bailment, by which one of the parties binds himself to return to the other certain personal chattels which the latter delivers to him to be usedby him without reward;

the privilege of carrying on any kind of business.

The act of Congress, June 29, 1906, provides that it shall be unlawful for any railroad company to transport commodities (excepting timber and its manufactured products) manufactur

The term “commodities dealer” means a person who is actively engaged in trading section 1256 contracts and is registered with a domestic board of trade which is designated as a con

The term “commodities derivative financial instrument” means any contract or financial instrument with respect to commodities (other than a share of stock in a corporation, a benef

The term “commodities derivatives dealer” means a person which 1 regularly offers to enter into, assume, offset, assign, or terminate positions in commodities derivative financial

The term “commodities trader” means any person who is a member (or, except as otherwise provided in regulations, is entitled to trade as a member) of a domestic board of trade whic

i Convenience, privilege, profit, gain; popularly, goods, wares, merchandise. Within the meaning of the constitution of Massachusetts "commodities" embraces everything which may be

commodities, articles, products, and materials (except materials furnished for publication by any press association or feature service, books, magazines, motion pictures, periodica

As used in this section, the terms “commodity broker”, “commodity contract”, “customer”, “customer property”, “member property”, “net equity”, and “security” have the meanings assi