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  • Commission

    ·vt To send out with a charge or commission. II. Commission ·noun The acting under authority of, or...

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  • commission

    The authority by which an officer officiates in his post. Also, an allowance paid to agents or fac...

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  • acting commission

    When a commissioned officer is invalided, his vacancy is filled up pending the pleasure of the admir...

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  • roving commission

    An authority granted by the Admiralty to a select officer in command of a vessel, to cruise wherever...

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  • Civil Service Commission

    ·add. ·- In the United States, a commission appointed by the President, consisting of three members,...

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  • out of commission

    A ship where officers and men are paid off, and pennant hauled down. ...

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  • wetting a commission

    Giving an entertainment to shipmates on receiving promotion. ...

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  • purchase a commission, to

    A practice in our army, which has been aptly termed the "buying of fetters;" it is the obtaining pre...

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  • putting a ship in commission

    The formal ceremony of hoisting the pennant on the ship to be fitted. This act brought the crew unde...

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