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Definition of Commissaries
1. commissary [n] - See also: commissary
Lexicographical Neighbors of Commissaries
Literary usage of Commissaries
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Principles of the Law of Scotland: In the Order of Sir G. Mackenzie's by John Erskine, George Mackenzie (1827)
"An Act for the Regulation of the commissaries of Edinburgh, ' and for altering
and regulating the Jurisdiction of Inferior ' commissaries in Scotland.' § 1. ..."
2. Army Regulations by Confederate States of America War Dept, United States War Dept (1902)
"Upon direct calls of chief commissaries they transfer to commissaries of posts
and stations such funds from the appropriation " Subsistence of the Army ..."
3. International Law: A Treatise by Lassa Oppenheim (1905)
"commissaries are agents sent with a letter of recommendation or commission by
... Such commissaries are, for instance, sent and received for the purpose of ..."
4. Year Books of the Reign of King Edward the Third by Alfred John Horwood, Luke Owen Pike (1908)
"The commissaries were then asked by the Court whether they had ; anything else to
... Judgment was therefore given that the commissaries should be taken, ..."
5. A History of the Commonwealth of Florence: From the Earliest Independence of by Thomas Adolphus Trollope (1865)
"... Rinaldo degli Albizzi—The territory of Lucca overrun—Accusations made against
the Florentine commissaries at the camp—Astorre Gianni—atrocities of which ..."
6. Cases Decided in the House of Lords, on Appeal from the Courts of Scotland by Great Britain Parliament. House of Lords, William Reginald Courtenay Devon, Charles Hope Maclean, Patrick Shaw, James Wilson (1830)
"According to these cases the judgment of the commissaries is, that the alleged
prior marriage was not proved, and they dismiss the pursuer's declarator. of ..."
7. The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut [1636-1776] by Connecticut, Connecticut General Assembly, James Hammond Trumbull, Charles Jeremy Hoadly, Council of Safety (Conn.). (1876)
"John Hubbard, to be commissaries, to provide transports, ... commissaries appointed
by this Assembly, do forthwith proceed to purchase four months ..."
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