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• Commissary Government — Комесарска влада Komesarska vlada overview Formed 1941 Dissolved 1941 Jurisdiction Serbia under German occupation Headquarters Belgrade Minister responsible Milan Aćimović, Prime m …   Wikipedia

• Commissary notes — were financial certificates issued by the departments of the quartermaster and commissary general on behalf of the Continental Army during the American Revolution. Due to the rapid depreciation of the Continental currency, the Continental… …   Wikipedia

• Commissary Apostolic — • One who has received power from a Legitimate superior authority to pass judgment in a certain cause or to take informations concerning it Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Commissary Apostolic     Commissary Apostoli …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Commissary — Com mis*sa*ry, n.; pl. {Commissaries}. [LL. commissarius, fr. L. commissus, p. p. of committere to commit, intrust to. See {Commit}.] 1. One to whom is committed some charge, duty, or office, by a superior power; a commissioner. [1913 Webster]… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Commissary general — Commissary Com mis*sa*ry, n.; pl. {Commissaries}. [LL. commissarius, fr. L. commissus, p. p. of committere to commit, intrust to. See {Commit}.] 1. One to whom is committed some charge, duty, or office, by a superior power; a commissioner. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Commissary general of subsistence — Commissary Com mis*sa*ry, n.; pl. {Commissaries}. [LL. commissarius, fr. L. commissus, p. p. of committere to commit, intrust to. See {Commit}.] 1. One to whom is committed some charge, duty, or office, by a superior power; a commissioner. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• commissary of subsistence — Commissary Com mis*sa*ry, n.; pl. {Commissaries}. [LL. commissarius, fr. L. commissus, p. p. of committere to commit, intrust to. See {Commit}.] 1. One to whom is committed some charge, duty, or office, by a superior power; a commissioner. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• commissary courts — in the Scottish legal system, the courts that deal with succession matters. The jurisdiction and function are now part of the sheriff court (See sheriff). The territory is still known as the commissariat. Collins dictionary of law. W. J. Stewart …   Law dictionary

• commissary — index deputy, functionary, supplier Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

• commissary — mid 14c., one to whom special duty is entrusted by a higher power, from M.L. commissarius, from L. commissus entrusted, pp. of committere (see COMMIT (Cf. commit)). Originally ecclesiastical; the military sense of official in charge of supply of… …   Etymology dictionary

• commissary — [käm′ə ser΄ē] n. pl. commissaries [ME commissarie < ML commissarius < L commissus, pp. of committere: see COMMIT] 1. a person to whom some duty is given by authority; deputy; specif., a) in France, a police official b) a person representing …   English World dictionary