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Cornet :: Cornet (n.) The lowest grade of commissioned officer in a British cavalry troop, who carried the standard. The office was abolished in 1871..

Husbandage :: Husbandage (n.) The commission or compensation allowed to a ship's husband.

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

Vacate :: Vacate (v. t.) To annul; to make void; to deprive of force; to make of no authority or validity; as, to vacate a commission or a charter; to vacate proceedings in a cause..

Purser :: Purser (n.) A commissioned officer in the navy who had charge of the provisions, clothing, and public moneys on shipboard; -- now called paymaster..

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..

Commissional :: Commissional (a.) Alt. of Commissionar.

Procedendo :: Procedendo (n.) A writ by which the commission of the justice of the peace is revived, after having been suspended..

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

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

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..

Gunroom :: Gunroom (n.) An apartment on the after end of the lower gun deck of a ship of war, usually occupied as a messroom by the commissioned officers, except the captain; -- called wardroom in the United States navy..

Warrant :: Warrant (n.) That which warrants or authorizes; a commission giving authority, or justifying the doing of anything; an act, instrument, or obligation, by which one person authorizes another to do something which he has not otherwise a right to do; an act or instrument investing one with a right or authority, and thus securing him from loss or damage; commission; authority..

Manslaughter :: Manslaughter (n.) The unlawful killing of a man, either in negligenc/ or incidentally to the commission of some unlawful act, but without specific malice, or upon a sudden excitement of anger..

Mandate :: Mandate (n.) An official or authoritative command; an order or injunction; a commission; a judicial precept.

Ensign :: Ensign (n.) Formerly, a commissioned officer of the army who carried the ensign or flag of a company or regiment..

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

Lieutenant :: Lieutenant (n.) A commissioned officer in the British navy, in rank next below a commander..

Collector :: Collector (n.) An officer appointed and commissioned to collect and receive customs, duties, taxes, or toll..

Commissionary :: Commissionary (a.) Of, pertaining to, or conferring, a commission; conferred by a commission or warrant..

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