“commission of”

The following 2 entries include the term commission of.

commission of oyer and terminer

: a commission authorizing an English judge (as a High Court judge on circuit) to hear and determine at the assizes all indicted cases of treason, felony, or misdemeanor committed in the county

commission of the peace

: a commission under the great seal constituting one or more persons justices of the peace


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