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Commission on Civil Rights.See UNITED STATES COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS. [Blacks Law 8th]

commission of unlivery (<<schwa>>n-liv-<<schwa>>r-ee).Hist. A court order requiring the unloading of goods from a ship so that they may be appraised. [Blacks Law 8th]

commission of the peace.Hist. An appointment of a person to keep the peace (i.e., provide police protection) on a local level. • Over time the recipients of these commissions began to acquire judicial responsibilities, and became known as justices of the peace. [Blacks Law 8th]

commission of review.Hist. In England, an authorization sometimes granted in an extraordinary case to review a judgment of the Court of Delegates. • The commission of review is no longer used because the Privy Council was substituted for the Court of Delegates as the appellate court in ecclesiastical cases in 1832. See COURT OF DELEGATES. [Blacks…

commission of partition.An authorization appointing a person to sit with several other appointees for the purpose of dividing land held by tenants in common who desire a partition. [Cases: Partition  91. C.J.S. Partition §§ 129, 131.] [Blacks Law 8th]

commission of rebellion.Hist. An attaching process that empowered a layperson to arrest and bring a defendant to Chancery to enforce obedience to a writ of subpoena or decree. • The commission of rebellion was abolished in 1841. — Also termed writ of rebellion; commissio rebellionis; breve rebellionis. “Commission of rebellion (Commissio rebellionis) is otherwise called…

Commission of Oyer and Terminer (oy-<<schwa>>r an[d] t<<schwa>>r-m<<schwa>>-n<< schwa>>r). [Law French oyer et terminer “to hear and determine”] Hist. A royal appointment authorizing a judge (often a ser-jeant-at-law) to go on the assize circuit and hear felony and treason cases. Cf. DE AUDIENDO ET TERMI-NANDO ; COMMISSION OF GAOL DELIVERY; COURT OF OYER AND TERMINER.…

commission of lunacy.See DE LUNATICO INQUIRENDO.[Blacks Law 8th]

  commission of lieutenancy.Hist. A commission issued to send officers into every county to establish military order over the inhabitants. • This commission superseded the former commission of array, which provided the same powers. The commissions became obsolete with the establishment of the militia system. [Blacks Law 8th]

Commission of Gaol Delivery.Hist. A royal appointment authorizing a judge to go on the assize circuit and hear all criminal cases of those held in county jails. See JAIL DELIVERY. Cf. COMMISSION OF OYER AND TERMINER.[Blacks Law 8th]