Definition of commission

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Commission (n.) The acting under authority of, or on account of, another..

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Authorize :: Authorize (v. t.) To clothe with authority, warrant, or legal power; to give a right to act; to empower; as, to authorize commissioners to settle a boundary..
Delegacy :: Delegacy (a.) A body of delegates or commissioners; a delegation.
Post-captain :: Post-captain (n.) A captain of a war vessel whose name appeared, or was posted, in the seniority list of the British navy, as distinguished from a commander whose name was not so posted. The term was also used in the United States navy; but no such commission as post-captain was ever recognized in either service, and the term has fallen into disuse..
Quinquevir :: Quinquevir (n.) One of five commissioners appointed for some special object.
Mandate :: Mandate (n.) An official or authoritative command; an order or injunction; a commission; a judicial precept.
Corporal :: Corporal (n.) A noncommissioned officer, next below a sergeant. In the United States army he is the lowest noncommissioned officer in a company of infantry. He places and relieves sentinels..
Commission :: Commission (n.) The duty or employment intrusted to any person or persons; a trust; a charge.
Lieutenancy :: Lieutenancy (n.) The office, rank, or commission, of a lieutenant..
Cadetship :: Cadetship (n.) The position, rank, or commission of a cadet; as, to get a cadetship..
Commissional :: Commissional (a.) Alt. of Commissionar.
Subligation :: Sublieutenant (n.) An inferior or second lieutenant; in the British service, a commissioned officer of the lowest rank..
Send :: Send (v. t.) To cause to go in any manner; to dispatch; to commission or direct to go; as, to send a messenger..
Branch :: Branch (n.) A warrant or commission given to a pilot, authorizing him to pilot vessels in certain waters..
Give :: Give (n.) To grant power or license to; to permit; to allow; to license; to commission.
Deputation :: Deputation (n.) The act of deputing, or of appointing or commissioning a deputy or representative; office of a deputy or delegate; vicegerency..
Mandatary :: Mandatary (n.) One who undertakes to discharge a specific business commission; a mandatory.
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.
Privateer :: Privateer (n.) An armed private vessel which bears the commission of the sovereign power to cruise against the enemy. See Letters of marque, under Marque..
Commission :: Commission (n.) A company of persons joined in the performance of some duty or the execution of some trust; as, the interstate commerce commission..
Receiptment :: Receiptment (n.) The receiving or harboring a felon knowingly, after the commission of a felony..
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