in common-law, the warrant or letters-patent which all persons exercising jurisdiction have to empower them to hear or determine any cause or suit: as, the commission of the judges, &c.

COMMISSION of bankruptcy, is the commission that issues from the lord chancellor, on a person's becoming a bankrupt within any of the statutes, directed to certain commissioners appointed to examine into it, and to secure the bankrupt's lands and effects for the satisfaction of his creditors.

COMMISSION of lunacy issues out of the court of chancery, to inquire whether a person represented to be a lunatic be so or not.

in commerce. See FACTORAGE.