one or more persons to whom the consideration or ordering of a matter is referred, either by some court, or by the consent of parties to whom it belongs.

Committee of Parliament, a certain number of members appointed by the house, for the examination of a bill, making a report of an inquiry, proceedings of the house, &c. See Parliament.

COMMISSION, in Scots law, is a method of acquiring property, by mixing or blending together different substances belonging to different proprietors. See Law, Part III. No. cxxii. 8.