Meanings
- not comparableHolding a commission; officially appointed.
And be it further enacted, &c. That any commissioned auctioneer who shall violate any of the provisions contained in this act, shall for any such offence or violation, forfeit the sum of five hundred dollars, to be recovered in the manner prescribed for other forfeitures in the act aforesaid,
1836, Acts passed at the Second Session of the Twelfth Legislature of the State of Louisiana, page 522 more examples
Nothing in this Act contained shall subject ot forfeiture any commissioned ship of any foreign state, or give to any British court over or in respect of any ship entitled to recognition as a commissioned ship of any foreign state any jurisdiction which it would not have had if this Act had not passed.
1870, The Law Reports: The public general statutes - Volume 5, page 571That the colonel of each regiment shall appoint his commissioned and non-commissioned staff officers as follows: One surgeon of the rank and grade of major, and one adjutant, one chaplain, one quartermaster, one commissary of subsistence, one inspector of rifle practice and two assitant surgeons, each of the grade and rank of capatin […]
1901, Acts of the General Assembly of Alabama, Passed at the Session of 1900-01, […], page 2503 - not comparableSpecially ordered.
(see chapter title)
2022, Lauren Carters-White et al., “Summary of a commissioned paper on the role of product placement and social media influences in cross-border alcohol marketing, […]”, in WHO, editor, Reducing the harm from alcohol by regulating cross-border alcohol marketing, advertising and promotion, page 1402 more examples
Completion marks the end of the process where the commissioned artwork is delivered to the client.
2008, Gavin Ambrose, Paul Harris, The Fundamentals of Graphic Design, page 103In Figure 47, a doodle of a cat has been added to a commissioned mural, and subsequently covered by a poster.
2019, Alexandra Parker, Samkelisiwe Khanyile, Kate Joseph, Where do we draw the line?: Graffiti in Maboneng, Johannesburg, page 99
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of commission
Synonyms & antonyms
adjective(of military officers) holding by virtue of a commission a rank of second lieutenant or ensign or above
adjectivegiven official approval to act
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