01 n. The act of committing, doing, or performing; the act of perpetrating.
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The act of committing, doing, or performing; the act of perpetrating.“Every commission of sin introduces into the soul a certain degree of hardness.” — South.
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The act of intrusting; a charge; instructions as to how a trust shall be executed.
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The duty or employment intrusted to any person or persons; a trust; a charge.
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A formal written warrant or authority, granting certain powers or privileges and authorizing or commanding the performance of certain duties.“Let him see our commission.” — Shak.
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A certificate conferring military or naval rank and authority; as, a colonel's commission.
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A company of persons joined in the performance of some duty or the execution of some trust; as, the interstate commerce commission.“A commission was at once appointed to examine into the matter.” — Prescott.
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The acting under authority of, or on account of, another.(Com.)
Phrases & compounds
Commission of array —
See under Array.
Commission of bankruptcy —
a commission appointing and empowering certain persons to examine into the facts relative to an alleged bankruptcy, and to secure the bankrupt's lands and effects for the creditors.
Commission of lunacy —
a commission authorizing an inquiry whether a person is a lunatic or not.
Commission merchant —
one who buys or sells goods on commission, as the agent of others, receiving a rate per cent as his compensation.
Commission officer —
one who has a commission, in distinction from a noncommissioned or warrant officer.
Commission of the peace —
a commission under the great seal, constituting one or more persons justices of the peace.
on commission —
paid partly or completely by collecting as a commision a portion of the sales that one makes.
out of commission —
not operating properly; out of order.
To put a vessel into commission —
to equip and man a government vessel, and send it out on service after it has been laid up; esp., <-- to perform ? PCP --> the formal act of taking command of a vessel for service, hoisting the flag, reading the orders, etc.
To put a vessel out of commission —
to detach the officers and crew and retire it from active service, temporarily or permanently.
To put the great seal into commission —
to place it in the hands of a commissioner or commissioners during the abeyance of the ordinary administration, as between the going out of one lord keeper and the accession of another.
The United States Christian Commission —
an organization among the people of the North, during the Civil War, which afforded material comforts to the Union soldiers, and performed services of a religious character in the field and in hospitals.
The United States Sanitary Commission —
an organization formed by the people of the North to cooperate with and supplement the medical department of the Union armies during the Civil War.