The name given, under the former English practice in bankruptcy. to the persons appointed under the great seal to ||| COMMISSIONER 224 COMMITTITUR execute a commission of bankruptcy, (q. v.)

Officers appointed by and attached to the circuit courts of the United States , performing functions partly ministerial and partly judicial. To a certain extent they represent the judge in […]

Officers emimvered by the government of one state to reside in another state, and there take acknowledgments of deeds and other papers which are to be used as evidence or […]

Officers appointed in each county or township, in many of the states, with power to take charge of the altering, opening, repair, and vacating of highways within such county or […]

In English law . Commissioners appointed under the great seal, and constituting a court of special jurisdiction ; which is to overlook the repairs of the banks and walls of […]

The way equipment in a plant is inspected to see if it can still meet its objecives.

The compensation or reward paid to a factor, broker, agent, bailee, executor, trustee, receiver, etc., when the same is calculated as a percentage on the amount of his transactions or […]

The fee paid to an advisor on investments for stocks and bonds.

Caused by or consisting in acts of commission, as distinguished from neglect, sufferance, or toleration; as in the phrase “commissive waste,” which is contrasted with ” permissive waste.” See WASTE

In Roman law. A clause which might be inserted in an agreement for a sale upon credit, to the effect that the vendor should be freed from his obligation , […]

In practice . To send a person to prison by virtue of a lawful authority, for any crime or contempt, or to an asylum, workhouse, reformatory , or the like, […]

In practice . The warrant or mittimus by which a court or magistrate directs an officer to take a person to prison. The act of sending a persou to prison […]

The way a commitment is recorded in the balance of an appropriation , fund, or contract.

A fee for the lender that they are given for supplying an official letter of the loan terms for the borrower. The fee can be anything from a quarter percent […]

A letter that gives the borrower an amount at a rate but only during a certian time period . All the requirements must be met before the loan is official. […]

A financing facility provided by a BANK to a borrower, which cannot be withdrawn unless the borrower breaches COVENANTS or other terms of the facility; this means the bank must […]

In practice . An assembly or board of persons to whom the consideration or management of any matter is committed or referred by some court. Lloyd v. Hart, 2 Pa. […]

A committee of banks from the G10 countries that monitor payments and build a stronger market structure . It was started in 1990 and its headquarters are hosted in the […]

A 9 character number that is used to register a security in the US and Canada. Other countries have their own system similar to this one. Reer to International Securities […]

See MAGISTRATE .

In practice . An order or minute, setting forth that the person named in it is committed to the custody of the sheriff

An instrument in writing on paper or parchment, which charges a person, already in prison, in execution at the suit of the person who arrested him. 2 Chit. Arclib. Pr. […]

In the ciyil law. The mixing together or confusion of things, dry or solid, belonging to different owners, as distinguished from confusio, which has relation to liquids.

In Scotch law. A gratuitous loan for use . Ersk. Inst. 3, 1, 20. Closely formed from the Lat. comnwdatum, (q. v.)

Lat. In the civil law . An action of loan; an action for a thing lent. An action given for the recovery of a thing loaned, (commodatuin,) and not returned […]