Commission agent, Commission merchant

( Com.) An agent, merchant, or broker who transacts busine for others, at a certain percentage, as commi ion and recompense for his services. Commis's ional, Commi ionary, a. pointed by warrant, authority, or commi ion. excusable, as a crime or blunder. -Act of pledging and exposing one's self to ulterior con sequences. Commit'tal, n. Act of committing; state of being com- mitted to custody; as, the magistrate signed his com- mittal . -A pledge actually given, or implied. Committee, n. [Fr. com ité . The person or persons to whom anything is committed. A body of persons appointed to examine, consider, manage, or report on any matter; as, to move for a special committee. Committee of the whole House , is when the entire legislative body of the House of Representatives resolves itself into a committee; in such cases the speaker leaves the chair, which is occupied, for the time being, by one of the members, denominated the chairman of committee. ( Law .) A guardian, charged with the safe custody of another. Committee of Public Safety, n. ( Hist .) See SALUT PUBLIC, (COMITÉ DE.) Committeeship, n. Office or power of a committee. Commit'ter, n. One who commits; one who does or perpetrates; as, a committer of burglary. Commit'tible, a . Liable to be committed; that may be committed. "Besides the mistakes committible in the solary compute." Browne. Commix', v. a. [Lat. commisco, commixt us - con , and misceo, to mix.] To mix or mingle together; to blend; to mix, as different substances. "A dram of copper in aqua fortis commized ." - Bacon.