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practice. Officers appointed by some courts to take recognizances of bail in civil cases. … [Read more...] about COMMISSIONERS OF BAIL

contracts. A term used in the Scotch law, which is synonymous to the Latin commodatum, or loan for use. Judge Story regrets this term has not been adopted and naturalized, as mandate has been from mandatum. Ayliffe, in his Pandects, has gone further, and terms the bailor the commodant, and the bailee the commodatory, thus avoiding those circumlocutions, which, in the common … [Read more...] about COMMODATE

Eng. law. Officers whose duty it is to repair sea banks aud walls, survey rivers, public streams, ditches … [Read more...] about COMMISSIONERS OF SEWERS

Lat. In the civil law. An action of loan; an action for a thing lent An action given for the recovery of a thing loaned, (commodatum,) and not returned to the lender. Inst. 3, 15, 2; Id. 4, 1, 16. … [Read more...] about COMMODATI ACTIO

See commisssion; a fee paid in compensation for having effectuated something occurring, such as being paid a percentage of a sale as a result of being responsible for making the sale occur. Law Dictionary - Alternative Legal Definition The compensation or reward paid to a factor, broker, agent, bailee, executor, trustee, receiver, etc., when the same is calculated as a … [Read more...] about COMMISSIONS