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commendatus (kom-<<schwa>>n-day-t<<schwa>>s).Hist. A person who, by voluntary oath of homage, was placed under a lord’s protection. [Blacks Law 8th]

commendator (kom-<<schwa>>n-day-t<<schwa>>r).Eccles. law. A person holding a commendam (a benefice) as a trustee. • Commendators are so called because benefices are commended to their supervision. See COM-MENDAM. [Blacks Law 8th]

commendation.Hist. The act of becoming a lord’s feudal tenant to receive the lord’s protection. [Blacks Law 8th]

commendam (k<<schwa>>-men-dam or -d<<schwa>>m).1.Hist. Eccles. law. A vacant benefice held by a clerk until a regular pastor could be appointed. • Bishops and other dignitaries found commendams to be lucrative sources of income. Commendams were abolished in England in 1836. See BENEFICE. 2. Partnership in com-mendam. See limited partnership under PARTNERSHIP. [Blacks Law 8th]

commenda (k<<schwa>>-men-d<<schwa>>). A business association in which one person has responsibility for managing all business property. [Blacks Law 8th]

commencement of infringement.Copyright. The first of a series of discrete copyright violations, such as the first of many separate sales of infringing items. See INFRINGEMENT. [Cases: Copyrights and Intellectual Property  53(1).] [Blacks Law 8th]

commencement. See INTRODUCTORY CLAUSE. [Blacks Law 8th]

commandment.Hist. 1. An authoritative order of a judge or magisterial officer. 2. The offense of inducing another to commit a crime. [Blacks Law 8th]

Commander in Chief Clause.The clause of the U.S. Constitution appointing the President as supreme com-mander of the military. U.S. Const. art. II, § 2, cl. 1. [Cases: Armed Services  1, 4. C.J.S. Armed Services §§ 2–4, 11–12, 14, 16–19, 37.] [Blacks Law 8th]

commander-in-chief. 1. One who holds supreme or highest command of armed forces. [Cases: Armed Services  1, 4. C.J.S. Armed Services §§ 2–4, 11–12, 14, 16–19, 37.] 2. (cap.) The title of the U.S. President when acting as the constitutionally designated leader of the nation’s military.U.S. Const. art. II, § 2. [Blacks Law 8th]