Definition of commission

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Commission (n.) A company of persons joined in the performance of some duty or the execution of some trust; as, the interstate commerce commission..

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Lieutenant :: Lieutenant (n.) A commissioned officer in the United States navy, in rank next below a lieutenant commander..
Deputation :: Deputation (n.) The person or persons deputed or commissioned by another person, party, or public body to act in his or its behalf; delegation; as, the general sent a deputation to the enemy to propose a truce..
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.
Branch Pilot :: Branch pilot () A pilot who has a branch or commission, as from Trinity House, England, for special navigation..
Red-handed :: Red-handed (a. / adv.) Having hands red with blood; in the very act, as if with red or bloody hands; -- said of a person taken in the act of homicide; hence, fresh from the commission of crime; as, he was taken red-hand or red-handed..
Commission :: Commission (v. t.) To give a commission to; to furnish with a commission; to empower or authorize; as, to commission persons to perform certain acts; to commission an officer..
Mission :: Mission (n.) That with which a messenger or agent is charged; an errand; business or duty on which one is sent; a commission.
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..
Delegacy :: Delegacy (a.) A body of delegates or commissioners; a delegation.
Commissionship :: Commissionship (n.) The office of commissioner.
Commitment :: Commitment (n.) A doing, or perpetration, in a bad sense, as of a crime or blunder; commission..
Commissionary :: Commissionary (a.) Of, pertaining to, or conferring, a commission; conferred by a commission or warrant..
Guide :: Guide (v. t.) A noncommissioned officer or soldier placed on the directiug flank of each subdivision of a column of troops, or at the end of a line, to mark the pivots, formations, marches, and alignments in tactics..
Commissary :: Commissary (n.) One to whom is committed some charge, duty, or office, by a superior power; a commissioner..
Orderly :: Orderly (n.) A noncommissioned officer or soldier who attends a superior officer to carry his orders, or to render other service..
Treaty :: Treaty (n.) An agreement so made; specifically, an agreement, league, or contract between two or more nations or sovereigns, formally signed by commissioners properly authorized, and solemnly ratified by the several sovereigns, or the supreme power of each state; an agreement between two or more independent states; as, a treaty of peace; a treaty of alliance..
Havildar :: Havildar (n.) In the British Indian armies, a noncommissioned officer of native soldiers, corresponding to a sergeant..
Warrant :: Warrant (n.) An official certificate of appointment issued to an officer of lower rank than a commissioned officer. See Warrant officer, below..
Commission :: Commission (n.) The acting under authority of, or on account of, another..
Rapeful :: Rapeful (a.) Given to the commission of rape.
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