The name of an officer of the United States whose duties are detailed in the act to promote the useful arts, which will be found under the article Patent. … [Read more...] about COMMISSIONER OF PATENTS
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CommLaw Conspectus
CommLaw Conspectus: Journal of Communications Law and Policy … [Read more...] about CommLaw Conspectus
COMMISSIONERS OF BAIL
practice. Officers appointed by some courts to take recognizances of bail in civil cases. … [Read more...] about COMMISSIONERS OF BAIL
COMMODATE
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
COMMISSIONERS OF SEWERS
Eng. law. Officers whose duty it is to repair sea banks aud walls, survey rivers, public streams, ditches … [Read more...] about COMMISSIONERS OF SEWERS