Commissary general

( Mil.) The head or chief of the department of provisions, military stores, . Com'mi ary ship, n. Office or duties of a com--Commi ion or perpetration of something wrong or in mi ary. Commi ion, ( kom -mish'un,) n. [Fr. commi ion ; Lat. commi io, from commit to, com mi us. See CомMIT.] Act of committing, doing, performing, or perpetrating; -generally understood in a bad sense; as, the commi ion of crime. (The antithesis to omi ion.) -A formal act of trust; a warrant by which any trust is held or authority exercised; office; employment; as, a divine commi ion. "He bore his great commi ion in his look." - Dryden. -A written document, investing a person with an office, a certain rank, or authority. -A certificate i ued by authority by which a military officer is constituted; as, a captain's commi ion. -A body of persons joined in an office or trust, or their appointment; as, a lunacy commi ion. "A commi ion was at once appointed to examine into the matter."- Pre scott. (Com.) Order or authority by which one person trades for another; as, a commi ion to buy cotton. - Brokerage, allowance, or compensation made to a factor, agent, ., for transacting the busine of another; as, one per cent, commi ion on sales. - See DELCREDERE. Commi ion of Bankruptcy. (Law.) A commi ion appointed to investigate the facts relative to an alleged bankruptcy, and to secure all available a ets and effects for the creditors concerned. To put a ship into commi ion. ( Naut .) To send forth a ve el of war on public service, after laying up in ordinary, and being repaired and refitted. To put the Great Seal into commi ion, to place the seal of State in the hands of empowered commi ioners during the period, ad interim , that the office of Lord Chancellor is vacant. (Eng.) -v. a. To commit to; to give a commi ion to; as, a commi ioned officer. -To send with a mandate or authority; to appoint; to depute; to authorize; to empower; as, to commi ion an agent. "He first commi ions to the Latin land." - Dryden.