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eccl. law. Secular persons upon whom ecclesiastical benefices are bestowed, because they were commended and instructed to their oversight: they are merely trustees. … [Read more...] about COMMENDATORS

Latin: In the civil law. Commerce; business; trade; dealings in the nature of purchase and sale; a contract Commercinm jure gentium commune osso debet, et non in monopolium et privatum pauoorum quaastum convertonduin. 3 Inst 181. Commerce, by the law of nations, ought to be common, and not converted to monopoly and the private gain of a few. … [Read more...] about COMMERCIUM

He who holds a church living or preferment in commendam. … [Read more...] about COMMENDATORY

The commonalty or the people. … [Read more...] about COMMINALTY

By article 2, t 2, of the constitution it is declared that the president shall be commander in chief of the army and navy of the United States. The term implies supreme control of military operations during the progress of a war, not only on the side of strategy and tactics, but also in reference to the political and international aspects of the war. See Fleming v. Page, 9 How. … [Read more...] about COMMANDER IN CHIEF