Definition of commission

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Commission (n.) The thing to be done as agent for another; as, I have three commissions for the city..

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Felo-de-se :: Felo-de-se (n.) One who deliberately puts an end to his own existence, or loses his life while engaged in the commission of an unlawful or malicious act; a suicide..
Mission :: Mission (n.) That with which a messenger or agent is charged; an errand; business or duty on which one is sent; a commission.
Consistory :: Consistory (n.) The spiritual court of a diocesan bishop held before his chancellor or commissioner in his cathedral church or elsewhere.
Commission :: Commission (n.) The duty or employment intrusted to any person or persons; a trust; a charge.
Commissionship :: Commissionship (n.) The office of commissioner.
Striped :: Stripe (n.) The chevron on the coat of a noncommissioned officer.
Cornet :: Cornet (n.) The lowest grade of commissioned officer in a British cavalry troop, who carried the standard. The office was abolished in 1871..
Ensign :: Ensign (n.) Formerly, a commissioned officer of the army who carried the ensign or flag of a company or regiment..
Branch :: Branch (n.) A warrant or commission given to a pilot, authorizing him to pilot vessels in certain waters..
Send :: Send (v. t.) To cause to go in any manner; to dispatch; to commission or direct to go; as, to send a messenger..
Caption :: Caption (n.) That part of a legal instrument, as a commission, indictment, etc., which shows where, when, and by what authority, it was taken, found, or executed..
Commissioned :: Commissioned (imp. & p. p.) of Commissio.
Brokerage :: Brokerage (n.) The fee, reward, or commission, given or changed for transacting business as a broker..
Commission :: Commission (n.) The act of committing, doing, or performing; the act of perpetrating..
Warrant :: Warrant (n.) An official certificate of appointment issued to an officer of lower rank than a commissioned officer. See Warrant officer, below..
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..
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..
Branch Pilot :: Branch pilot () A pilot who has a branch or commission, as from Trinity House, England, for special navigation..
Recorder :: Recorder (n.) The title of the chief judical officer of some cities and boroughs; also, of the chief justice of an East Indian settlement. The Recorder of London is judge of the Lord Mayor's Court, and one of the commissioners of the Central Criminal Court..
Board :: Board (n.) A table at which a council or court is held. Hence: A council, convened for business, or any authorized assembly or meeting, public or private; a number of persons appointed or elected to sit in council for the management or direction of some public or private business or trust; as, the Board of Admiralty; a board of trade; a board of directors, trustees, commissioners, etc..
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