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Commandant, when used in any provision of this Act with reference to any unit of the Force, means the officer whose duty it is under the rules to discharge with respect to that unit, the functions of a Commandant in regard to matters of the description referred to in that provision. [Border Security Force Act, 1968 (47 of 1968), s. 2 (1) (f)]1. The authoritative order of judge or magisterial officer. 2. The offence of inducing another to commit a crime, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn....
Commandeer
Commandeer, a thing is said to be commandeered when the government of the owner's country seize or require it to be placed at their disposal for military purposes, not for general political purposes, see Capel v. Soulidi, 1916 (1) KB 439....
Commandingly
In a commanding manner...
Commandment
An order or injunction given by authority a command a charge a precept a mandate...
Commandable
Capable of being commanded...
order
order 1 : a state of peace, freedom from unruly behavior, and respect for law and proper authority [maintain law and ] 2 : an established mode or state of procedure [a call to ] 3 a : a mandate from a superior authority see also executive order b : a ruling or command made by a competent administrative authority ;specif : one resulting from administrative adjudication and subject to judicial review and enforcement [an administrative may not be inconsistent with the Constitution "Wells v. State, 654 So. 2d 145 (1995)"] c : an authoritative command issued by the court [violated a court and was jailed for contempt] cease-and-de·sist order [sēs-ənd-di-zist-, -sist-] : an order from a court or quasi-judicial tribunal to stop engaging in a particular activity or practice (as an unfair labor practice) compare injunction, mandamus, stay consent order : an agreement of litigating parties that by consent takes the form of a court order final order : an order of a court...
writ
writ [Old English, something written] 1 : a letter that was issued in the name of the English monarch from Anglo-Saxon times to declare his grants, wishes, and commands 2 : an order or mandatory process in writing issued in the name of the sovereign or of a court or judicial officer commanding the person to whom it is directed to perform or refrain from performing a specified act NOTE: The writ was a vital official instrument in the old common law of England. A plaintiff commenced a suit at law by choosing the proper form of action and obtaining a writ appropriate to the remedy sought; its issuance forced the defendant to comply or to appear in court and defend. Writs were also in constant use for financial and political purposes of government. While the writ no longer governs civil pleading and has lost many of its applications, the extraordinary writs esp. of habeas corpus, mandamus, prohibition, and certiorari indicate its historical importance as an instrument of judicial auth...
Catechise
Catechise. Ministers of the Church of England, by Canon 59, headed 'Ministers to catechise every Sunday,' are directed 'upon every Sunday and holy-day, before Evening Prayer' 'for half an hour or more' to 'examine and instruct the youth and ignorant persons' of their parishes 'in the Ten Commandments, the Articles of the Belief and in the Lord's Prayer,' on pain of sharp reproof upon the first complaint for neglect of duty, suspension for the second offence, and, 'there being little hope that the minister will be therein reformed', of excommunication for the third, to continue until reformation; and see also the Rubrics subjoined in the Prayer Book to the Church Catechism....
Dukhobors
A Russian religious sect founded about the middle of the 18th century at Kharkov They believe that Christ was wholly human but that his soul reappears from time to time in mortals They accept the Ten Commandments and the ldquousefulrdquo portions of the Bible but deny the need of rulers priests or churches and have no confessions icons or marriage ceremonies They are communistic opposed to any violence and unwilling to use the labor of animals Driven out of Russia proper many have emigrated to Cyprus and Canada See Raskolnik below...
Decalogue
The Ten Commandments or precepts given by God to Moses on Mount Sinai and originally written on two tables of stone...
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