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Commission of Fine Arts.An independent federal commission that advises the President, Congress, and go-vernmental agencies on the design of public buildings, memorials, and parks in the nation’s capital so as to complement historic structures and districts. • The commission was created in 1910.[Blacks Law 8th]

commission of delegates.Hist. A commission appointing a person (usu. a lord, bishop, or judge) to sit with several other appointees to hear an appeal of an ecclesiastical judgment in the Court of Chancery. • This commission was abolished in 1832, and its functions transferred to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. [Blacks Law 8th]

commission of charitable uses.Hist. An authorization issuing out of the Court of Chancery to a bishop or other person authorizing the appointee to investigate allegations of fraud or other disputed matters concerning charitable land grants [Blacks Law 8th]

commission of assize.Hist. A royal authorization empowering a person to hold court and try cases arising while the justices in eyre held court elsewhere. Cf. EYRE.“[B]oth the presentment of crimes and the conduct of trials by assize or jury — which rapidly became a common feature of royal justice — required the presence of twelve or…

commission of appraisement and sale.Maritime law. A court order requiring the sale of property in an in rem admiralty action. [Cases: Admiralty  99.C.J.S. Admiralty §§ 244–247.] [Blacks Law 8th]

  commission merchant.See FACTOR. [Blacks Law 8th]

commission government.A type of municipal government in which the legislative power is in the hands of a few people. [Cases: Municipal Corporations  48(1). C.J.S. Municipal Corporations § 81.] [Blacks Law 8th]

commissioner’s court.See COURT. [Blacks Law 8th]

commissioner. 1. A person who directs a commission; a member of a commission. 2. The administrative head of an organization, such as a professional sport. 3. See judicial officer (3) under OFFICER. bail commissioner.See BAIL COMMISSIONER.Commissioner for Patents.The chief operating officer of the patents section of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. • The commissioner is…

commissioned officer.See OFFICER(2). [Blacks Law 8th]