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AdmissibleAdmissible Ad*mis"si*ble, a. [F. admissible, LL. admissibilis.
See Admit.]
Entitled to be admitted, or worthy of being admitted; that
may be allowed or conceded; allowable; as, the supposition is
hardly admissible. -- Ad*mis"si*ble*ness, n. --
Ad*mis"si*bly, adv. AdmissiblenessAdmissible Ad*mis"si*ble, a. [F. admissible, LL. admissibilis.
See Admit.]
Entitled to be admitted, or worthy of being admitted; that
may be allowed or conceded; allowable; as, the supposition is
hardly admissible. -- Ad*mis"si*ble*ness, n. --
Ad*mis"si*bly, adv. AdmissiblyAdmissible Ad*mis"si*ble, a. [F. admissible, LL. admissibilis.
See Admit.]
Entitled to be admitted, or worthy of being admitted; that
may be allowed or conceded; allowable; as, the supposition is
hardly admissible. -- Ad*mis"si*ble*ness, n. --
Ad*mis"si*bly, adv. AdmissionAdmission Ad*mis"sion, n. [L. admissio: cf. F. admission. See
Admit.]
1. The act or practice of admitting.
2. Power or permission to enter; admittance; entrance;
access; power to approach.
What numbers groan for sad admission there! --Young.
3. The granting of an argument or position not fully proved;
the act of acknowledging something ?serted;
acknowledgment; concession.
The too easy admission of doctrines. --Macaulay.
4. (Law) Acquiescence or concurrence in a statement made by
another, and distinguishable from a confession in that an
admission presupposes prior inquiry by another, but a
confession may be made without such inquiry.
5. A fact, point, or statement admitted; as, admission made
out of court are received in evidence.
6. (Eng. Eccl. Law) Declaration of the bishop that he
approves of the presentee as a fit person to serve the
cure of the church to which he is presented. --Shipley.
Syn: Admittance; concession; acknowledgment; concurrence;
allowance. See Admittance. Admissive
Admissive Ad*mis"sive, a.
Implying an admission; tending to admit. [R.] --Lamb.
Amissible
Amissible A*mis"si*ble, a. [L. amissibilis: cf. F. amissible.]
Liable to be lost. [R.]
Amission
Amission A*mis"sion, n. [L. amissio: cf. F. amission.]
Deprivation; loss. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne.
Christian CommissionChristian Chris"tian, a.
1. Pertaining to Christ or his religion; as, Christian
people.
3. Pertaining to the church; ecclesiastical; as, a Christian
court. --Blackstone.
4. Characteristic of Christian people; civilized; kind;
kindly; gentle; beneficent.
The graceful tact; the Christian art. --Tennyson.
Christian Commission. See under Commission.
Christian court. Same as Ecclesiastical court.
Christian era, the present era, commencing with the birth
of Christ. It is supposed that owing to an error of a monk
(Dionysius Exiguus, d. about 556) employed to calculate
the era, its commencement was fixed three or four years
too late, so that 1890 should be 1893 or 1894.
Christian name, the name given in baptism, as distinct from
the family name, or surname. Civil Service Commission
Civil Service Commission Civil Service Commission
In the United States, a commission appointed by the
President, consisting of three members, not more than two of
whom may be adherents of the same party, which has the
control, through examinations, of appointments and promotions
in the classified civil service. It was created by act of
Jan, 16, 1883 (22 Stat. 403).
commissionFactorage Fac"tor*age, n. [Cf. F. factorage.]
The allowance given to a factor, as a compensation for his
services; -- called also a commission. CommissionCommission Com*mis"sion, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Commissioned;
p. pr & vb. n. Commissioning.]
1. To give a commission to; to furnish with a commission; to
empower or authorize; as, to commission persons to perform
certain acts; to commission an officer.
2. To send out with a charge or commission.
A chosen band He first commissions to the Latian
land. --Dryden.
Syn: To appoint; depute; authorize; empower; delegate;
constitute; ordain. Commission of arrayArray Ar*ray", n. [OE. arai, arrai, OF. arrai, arrei, arroi,
order, arrangement, dress, F. arroi; a (L. ad) + OF. rai,
rei, roi, order, arrangement, fr. G. or Scand.; cf. Goth.
raidjan, garaidjan, to arrange, MHG. gereiten, Icel.
rei[eth]i rigging, harness; akin to E. ready. Cf. Ready,
Greith, Curry.]
1. Order; a regular and imposing arrangement; disposition in
regular lines; hence, order of battle; as, drawn up in
battle array.
Wedged together in the closest array. --Gibbon.
2. The whole body of persons thus placed in order; an orderly
collection; hence, a body of soldiers.
A gallant array of nobles and cavaliers. --Prescott.
3. An imposing series of things.
Their long array of sapphire and of gold. --Byron.
4. Dress; garments disposed in order upon the person; rich or
beautiful apparel. --Dryden.
5. (Law)
(a) A ranking or setting forth in order, by the proper
officer, of a jury as impaneled in a cause.
(b) The panel itself.
(c) The whole body of jurors summoned to attend the court.
To challenge the array (Law), to except to the whole panel.
--Cowell. --Tomlins. --Blount.
Commission of array (Eng. Hist.), a commission given by the
prince to officers in every county, to muster and array
the inhabitants, or see them in a condition for war.
--Blackstone. Commission of general gaol deliveryGaol Gaol, n. [See Jail.]
A place of confinement, especially for minor offenses or
provisional imprisonment; a jail. [Preferably, and in the
United States usually, written jail.]
Commission of general gaol delivery, an authority conferred
upon judges and others included in it, for trying and
delivering every prisoner in jail when the judges, upon
their circuit, arrive at the place for holding court, and
for discharging any whom the grand jury fail to indict.
[Eng.]
Gaol delivery. (Law) See Jail delivery, under Jail. CommissionaireCommissionaire Com*mis`sion*aire", n. [F. commissionnaire. Cf.
Commissioner.]
1. One intrusted with a commission, now only a small
commission, as an errand; esp., an attendant or
subordinate employee in a public office, hotel, or the
like.
Note: The commissionaire familiar to European travelers
performs miscellaneous services as a light porter,
messenger, solicitor for hotels, etc.
2. One of a corps of pensioned soldiers, as in London,
employed as doorkeepers, messengers, etc. Commissional
Commissional Com*mis"sion*al, Commissionary
Com*mis"sion*a*rya.
Of, pertaining to, or conferring, a commission; conferred by
a commission or warrant. [R.]
Delegate or commissionary authority. --Bp. Hall.
Commissionary
Commissional Com*mis"sion*al, Commissionary
Com*mis"sion*a*rya.
Of, pertaining to, or conferring, a commission; conferred by
a commission or warrant. [R.]
Delegate or commissionary authority. --Bp. Hall.
Commissionate
Commissionate Com*mis"sion*ate, v. t.
To commission [Obs.]
CommissionedCommission Com*mis"sion, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Commissioned;
p. pr & vb. n. Commissioning.]
1. To give a commission to; to furnish with a commission; to
empower or authorize; as, to commission persons to perform
certain acts; to commission an officer.
2. To send out with a charge or commission.
A chosen band He first commissions to the Latian
land. --Dryden.
Syn: To appoint; depute; authorize; empower; delegate;
constitute; ordain. CommissionerCommissioner Com*mis"sion*er, n.
1. A person who has a commission or warrant to perform some
office, or execute some business, for the government,
corporation, or person employing him; as, a commissioner
to take affidavits or to adjust claims.
To another address which requested that a commission
might be sent to examine into the state of things in
Ireland, William returned a gracious answer, and
desired the Commons to name the commissioners.
--Macaulay.
2. An officer having charge of some department or bureau of
the public service.
Herbert was first commissioner of the Admiralty.
--Macaulay.
The commissioner of patents, the commissioner of the
land office, the commissioner of Indian affairs, are
subordinates of the secretary of the interior.
--Bartlett.
Commissioner of deeds, an officer having authority to take
affidavits, depositions, acknowledgment of deeds, etc.,
for use in the State by which he is appointed. [U. S.]
County commissioners, certain administrative officers in
some of the States, invested by local laws with various
powers in reference to the roads, courthouses, financial
matters, etc., of the county. [U. S.] Commissioner of deedsCommissioner Com*mis"sion*er, n.
1. A person who has a commission or warrant to perform some
office, or execute some business, for the government,
corporation, or person employing him; as, a commissioner
to take affidavits or to adjust claims.
To another address which requested that a commission
might be sent to examine into the state of things in
Ireland, William returned a gracious answer, and
desired the Commons to name the commissioners.
--Macaulay.
2. An officer having charge of some department or bureau of
the public service.
Herbert was first commissioner of the Admiralty.
--Macaulay.
The commissioner of patents, the commissioner of the
land office, the commissioner of Indian affairs, are
subordinates of the secretary of the interior.
--Bartlett.
Commissioner of deeds, an officer having authority to take
affidavits, depositions, acknowledgment of deeds, etc.,
for use in the State by which he is appointed. [U. S.]
County commissioners, certain administrative officers in
some of the States, invested by local laws with various
powers in reference to the roads, courthouses, financial
matters, etc., of the county. [U. S.] CommissioningCommission Com*mis"sion, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Commissioned;
p. pr & vb. n. Commissioning.]
1. To give a commission to; to furnish with a commission; to
empower or authorize; as, to commission persons to perform
certain acts; to commission an officer.
2. To send out with a charge or commission.
A chosen band He first commissions to the Latian
land. --Dryden.
Syn: To appoint; depute; authorize; empower; delegate;
constitute; ordain. Commissionnaire
Commissionnaire Com*mis`sion*naire" (?; F. ?), n. [F., fr. L.
commissio.]
1. An agent or factor; a commission merchant.
2. One of a class of attendants, in some European cities, who
perform miscellaneous services for travelers.
Commissionship
Commissionship Com*mis"sion*ship, n.
The office of commissioner. --Sir W. Scott.
Commissive
Commissive Com*mis"sive, a.
Relating to commission; of the nature of, or involving,
commission. [R.]
County commissionersCommissioner Com*mis"sion*er, n.
1. A person who has a commission or warrant to perform some
office, or execute some business, for the government,
corporation, or person employing him; as, a commissioner
to take affidavits or to adjust claims.
To another address which requested that a commission
might be sent to examine into the state of things in
Ireland, William returned a gracious answer, and
desired the Commons to name the commissioners.
--Macaulay.
2. An officer having charge of some department or bureau of
the public service.
Herbert was first commissioner of the Admiralty.
--Macaulay.
The commissioner of patents, the commissioner of the
land office, the commissioner of Indian affairs, are
subordinates of the secretary of the interior.
--Bartlett.
Commissioner of deeds, an officer having authority to take
affidavits, depositions, acknowledgment of deeds, etc.,
for use in the State by which he is appointed. [U. S.]
County commissioners, certain administrative officers in
some of the States, invested by local laws with various
powers in reference to the roads, courthouses, financial
matters, etc., of the county. [U. S.] County commissioners 3. A count; an earl or lord. [Obs.] --Shak.
County commissioners. See Commissioner.
County corporate, a city or town having the privilege to be
a county by itself, and to be governed by its own sheriffs
and other magistrates, irrespective of the officers of the
county in which it is situated; as London, York, Bristol,
etc. [Eng.] --Mozley & W.
County court, a court whose jurisdiction is limited to
county.
County palatine, a county distinguished by particular
privileges; -- so called a palatio (from the palace),
because the owner had originally royal powers, or the same
powers, in the administration of justice, as the king had
in his palace; but these powers are now abridged. The
counties palatine, in England, are Lancaster, Chester, and
Durham.
County rates, rates levied upon the county, and collected
by the boards of guardians, for the purpose of defraying
the expenses to which counties are liable, such as
repairing bridges, jails, etc. [Eng.]
County seat, a county town. [U.S.]
County sessions, the general quarter sessions of the peace
for each county, held four times a year. [Eng.]
County town, the town of a county, where the county
business is transacted; a shire town. Demissionary
Demissionary De*mis"sion*a*ry, a.
1. Pertaining to transfer or conveyance; as, a demissionary
deed.
2. Tending to lower, depress, or degrade.
DemissiveDemissive De*miss"ive, a. [See Demiss.]
Downcast; submissive; humble. [R.]
They pray with demissive eyelids. --Lord (1630). DimissionDimission Di*mis"sion, n. [L. dimissio. See Dimit, and cf.
Dismission.]
Leave to depart; a dismissing. [Obs.] --Barrow. Discommission
Discommission Dis`com*mis"sion, v. t.
To deprive of a commission or trust. [R.] --Laud.
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