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Commission day, the opening day of the assize; so called because on that day the Royal Commission to the judges was formerly read in Court-a ceremony dispensed with by Rule 14 of the Circuits Order, 1884, Rule 13 of which Order provides for the postponement of Commission Day. Till that Order, Court business was never transacted on Commission Day, whereas now it very frequently is.