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In French law. A special or limited partnership, where the contract is between one or more persons who are general partners, and jointly and severally responsible, and one or more other persons who merely furnish a particular fund or capital stock, and thence are called "commanditaires" or "commenditairca" or "partners en commandite';" the business being carried on under the … [Read more...] about COMMANDITE

(A) As defined by the Lanham Act, trade that the federal government is authorized to regulate. To qualify for federal trademark protection and registration, a mark must have first been used in commerce. In practice, this means that a product or service must be sold outside of the state in which it originates, be advertised out of state or cater to travelers, such as a hotel, … [Read more...] about COMMERCE

In French law. A person who receives from a meeting of shareholders a special authority, viz., that of checking and examining the accounts of a manager or of valuing the apports en nature, (q. v.) The name is also applied to a judge who receives from a court a special mission, e. p., to institute an inquiry, or to examine certain books, or to supervise the operations of a … [Read more...] about COMMISSAIRE

In practice. An authoritative order of a judge or magisterial officer. In criminal law. The act or offense of one who commands another to transgress the law, or do anything contrary to law, as theft murder, or the like. Particularly applied to the act of an accessary before the fact, in inciting, procuring, setting on, or stirring up another to do the fact or act 2 Inst. 182. … [Read more...] about COMMANDMENT

Engagements which a merchant has entered into in writing, and which he is to pay on their becoming due. … [Read more...] about COMMERCE BILLS PAYABLE