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commitment document.An order remanding a defendant to prison in order to carry out a judgment and sentence. [Blacks Law 8th]

commitment,n.1. An agreement to do something in the future, esp. to assume a financial obligation <the shipper made a firm commitment to deliver the goods>.2. The act of entrusting or giving in charge <commitment of money to the bank>.3. The act of confining a person in a prison, mental hospital, or other institution <commitment of…

commit,vb.1. To perpetrate (a crime).2. To send (a person) to prison or to a mental-health facility, esp. by court order. 3.Parliamentary law. REFER. [Blacks Law 8th]

commissoria lex.See LEX COMMISSORIA. [Blacks Law 8th]

commissive waste.See WASTE(1). [Blacks Law 8th]

commissio rebellionis.See COMMISSION OF REBELLION. [Blacks Law 8th]

commission to take testimony.See COMMISSION TO EXAMINE A WITNESS. [Blacks Law 8th]

commission to take a deposition.See COMMISSION TO EXAMINE A WITNESS. [Blacks Law 8th]

commission to examine a witness.A judicial commission directing that a witness beyond the court’s territorial jurisdiction be deposed. • The commission usu. identifies the person to be deposed, when and where the deposition will be taken, and any other information that will help the commissioner to perform. — Also termed commission to take a deposition;…

commission plan.A form of municipal government whereby both legislative and executive power is vested in a small group of elected officials. • Today, commission plans are used in only a few cities. [Cases: Municipal Corporations  48(1). C.J.S. Municipal Corporations § 81.] [Blacks Law 8th]