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COMMANDERY
In old English law. A manor or chief messuage with lands and tenements thereto appertaining, which belonged to the priory of St. John of Jerusalem, in England; he who had the government of such a manor or house was styled the "com- mander," who could not dispose of It, but More...

In old English law. A manor or chief messuage with lands and tenements thereto appertaining, which belonged to the priory of St. John of Jerusalem, in England; he who had the government of such a manor or house was styled the "com- mander," who could not dispose of It, but to tbe use of the priory, only taking thence his own sustenance, according to his degree. The manors and lands belonging to the priory of St John of Jerusalem were given to Henry the Eighth by 32 Hen. VIII. c. 20, about the time of the dissolution of abbeys and monasteries; so that the name only of commanderles remains, the power being long since extinct Wharton. Less...
COMMANDITAIRES
Special partners; partners en commandite'. See COMMANDITE.

Special partners; partners en commandite'. See COMMANDITE. Less...
COMMANDITE
In French law. A special or limited partnership, where the contract is between one or more persons who are general partners, and jointly and severally responsible, and one or more other persons who merely furnish a particular fund or capital stock, and thence are called "commandi-taires" or "commenditairca" or "partners More...

In French law. A special or limited partnership, where the contract is between one or more persons who are general partners, and jointly and severally responsible, and one or more other persons who merely furnish a particular fund or capital stock, and thence are called "commandi-taires" or "commenditairca" or "partners en commandite';" the business being carried on under the social name or firm of the general partners only, composed of the names of the general or complementary partners, the partners in commandite' being liable to losses only to the extent of the funds or capital furnished by them. Story, Partn. § 78; 3 Kent Comm. 84. Less...
COMMANDMENT
In practice. An authoritative order of a judge or magisterial officer. In criminal law. The act or offense of one who commands another to transgress the law, or do anything contrary to law, as theft murder, or the like. Particularly applied to the act of an accessary before the fact, More...

In practice. An authoritative order of a judge or magisterial officer. In criminal law. The act or offense of one who commands another to transgress the law, or do anything contrary to law, as theft murder, or the like. Particularly applied to the act of an accessary before the fact, in inciting, procuring, setting on, or stirring up another to do the fact or act 2 Inst. 182. Less...
COMMARCHIO
A boundary; the confines of land.

A boundary; the confines of land. Less...
COMMENCE
To commence a suit is to demand something by the institution of process in a court of justice. Cohens v. Virginia, 6 Wheat 408, 5 L. Ed. 257. To "bring" a suit is an equivalent term; an action is "commenced" when It is "brought" and vice versa. Goldenberg v. Murphy, More...

To commence a suit is to demand something by the institution of process in a court of justice. Cohens v. Virginia, 6 Wheat 408, 5 L. Ed. 257. To "bring" a suit is an equivalent term; an action is "commenced" when It is "brought" and vice versa. Goldenberg v. Murphy, 108 U. S. 162, 2 Sup. Ct 388, 27 I* Ed. 686% Less...
COMMENDA
In French law. The delivery of a benefice to one who cannot hold the legal title, to keep and manage it for a time limited and render an account of the proceeds. Guyot Rep. Univ. In mercantile law. An association in which the management of the property was intrusted to More...

In French law. The delivery of a benefice to one who cannot hold the legal title, to keep and manage it for a time limited and render an account of the proceeds. Guyot Rep. Univ. In mercantile law. An association in which the management of the property was intrusted to individuals. Troub. Lim. Partn. c 3, § 27. Oommcnda est facultaa rccipiendi ct rctincndi beneneium contra jus poaitiv-IH A snprema potentate. Moore, 005. A commendam is the power of receiving and retaining a benefice contrary to positive law, by supreme authority. Less...
COMMENDAM
In eccloaiastioal, law. The appointment of a suitable clerk to hold a void or vacant benefice or church living until a regular pastor be appointed. Hob. 144; Latch, 236. la commercial law. The limited partnership (or Socidtd en commandite') of the French law has been introduced into the Code of More...

In eccloaiastioal, law. The appointment of a suitable clerk to hold a void or vacant benefice or church living until a regular pastor be appointed. Hob. 144; Latch, 236. la commercial law. The limited partnership (or Socidtd en commandite') of the French law has been introduced into the Code of Louisiana under the title of "Partnership in Commendam," Civil Code La. art 2810. Less...
COMMENDATIO
In the civil law. Commendation, praise, or recommendation, as in the maxim "simplex commendatio non obligat" meaning that mere recommendation or praise of an article by the seller of It does not amount to a warranty of its qualities. 2 Kent Comm. 485.

In the civil law. Commendation, praise, or recommendation, as in the maxim "simplex commendatio non obligat" meaning that mere recommendation or praise of an article by the seller of It does not amount to a warranty of its qualities. 2 Kent Comm. 485. Less...
COMMENDATION
In feudal law. This was the act by which an owner of allodial land placed himself and his land under the protection of a lord, so as to constitute himself his vassal or feudal tenant

In feudal law. This was the act by which an owner of allodial land placed himself and his land under the protection of a lord, so as to constitute himself his vassal or feudal tenant Less...

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