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In practice. To send a person to prison by virtue of a lawful authority, for any crime or contempt, or to an asylum, workhouse, reformatory, or the like, by authority of a court or magistrate. To deliver a defendant to the custody of the sheriff or marshal, on his surrender by his bail. 1 Tidd, Pr. 285, 287. … [Read more...] about COMMIT

A Scotch ecclesiastical court of general Jurisdiction, held before four commissioners, members of the Faculty of Advocates, appointed by the crown. … [Read more...] about COMMISSARY COURT

criminal law, practice. The warrant. or order by which a court or magistrate directs a ministerial officer to take a person to prison. The commitment is either for further hearing, or it is final. Law Dictionary - Alternative Legal Definition In practice. The warrant or mittimus by which a court or magistrate directs an officer to take a person to prison. The act of sending a … [Read more...] about COMMITMENT

(A) contracts, civ. law. When one undertakes, without reward, to do something for another in respect to a thing bailed. This term is frequently used synonymously with mandate. Ruth. Inst. 105; Halifax, Analysis of the Civil Law, 70. If the service the party undertakes to perform for another is the custody of his goods, this particular sort of, commission is called a charge. 2. … [Read more...] about COMMISSION

A letter that states a certain rate that a borrower will receive if they are approved for a loan within a certain period of time. … [Read more...] about COMMITMENT LETTER