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Branch :: Branch (n.) A warrant or commission given to a pilot, authorizing him to pilot vessels in certain waters..

Legation :: Legation (n.) The sending forth or commissioning one person to act for another.

Commissionnaire :: Commissionnaire (n.) An agent or factor; a commission merchant.

Penalty :: Penalty (n.) Penal retribution; punishment for crime or offense; the suffering in person or property which is annexed by law or judicial decision to the commission of a crime, offense, or trespass..

Send :: Send (v. t.) To cause to go in any manner; to dispatch; to commission or direct to go; as, to send a messenger..

Sitting :: Sitting (n.) The actual presence or meeting of any body of men in their seats, clothed with authority to transact business; a session; as, a sitting of the judges of the King's Bench, or of a commission..

Poundage :: Poundage (n.) A sum deducted from a pound, or a certain sum paid for each pound; a commission..

Master :: Master (n.) The commander of a merchant vessel; -- usually called captain. Also, a commissioned officer in the navy ranking next above ensign and below lieutenant; formerly, an officer on a man-of-war who had immediate charge, under the commander, of sailing the vessel..

Subaltern :: Subaltern (n.) A person holding a subordinate position; specifically, a commissioned military officer below the rank of captain..

Delegate :: Delegate (v. t.) To send as one's representative; to empower as an ambassador; to send with power to transact business; to commission; to depute; to authorize.

Jurisdiction :: "Jurisdiction (a.) The legal power, right, or authority of a particular court to hear and determine causes, to try criminals, or to execute justice; judicial authority over a cause or class of causes; as, certain suits or actions, or the cognizance of certain crimes, are within the jurisdiction of a particular court, that is, within the limits of its authority or commission..

Sergeant :: Sergeant (n.) In a company, battery, or troop, a noncommissioned officer next in rank above a corporal, whose duty is to instruct recruits in discipline, to form the ranks, etc..

Pennant :: Pennant (n.) A small flag; a pennon. The narrow, / long, pennant (called also whip or coach whip) is a long, narrow piece of bunting, carried at the masthead of a government vessel in commission. The board pennant is an oblong, nearly square flag, carried at the masthead of a commodore's vessel..

Brevet :: Brevet (n.) A commission giving an officer higher rank than that for which he receives pay; an honorary promotion of an officer.

Crime :: Crime (n.) Any violation of law, either divine or human; an omission of a duty commanded, or the commission of an act forbidden by law..

Ensign :: Ensign (n.) A commissioned officer of the lowest grade in the navy, corresponding to the grade of second lieutenant in the army..

Rapeful :: Rapeful (a.) Given to the commission of rape.

Accomplice :: Accomplice (n.) An associate in the commission of a crime; a participator in an offense, whether a principal or an accessory..

Cadetship :: Cadetship (n.) The position, rank, or commission of a cadet; as, to get a cadetship..

Synodal :: Synodal (n.) A tribute in money formerly paid to the bishop or archdeacon, at the time of his Easter visitation, by every parish priest, now made to the ecclesiastical commissioners; a procuration..

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