Legal Definition and Related Resources of Command

An order , imperative direction, or behest, from one who is competent to give the same.

verb

• adjure
• authorize
• bid
• call for
• call upon
• charge
• compel
• constrain
• decree
• demand
• direct
• direct imperatively
• enact
• exact
• exercise authority
• force
• give directions
• give orders
• govern
• have control
• hominem iubere facere
• homini imperare
• homini praecipere ut faciat
• imminere
• impose
• instruct
• issue a command
• issue a decree
• issue an order
• lead
• mandate
• ordain
• order
• order with authority
• prescribe
• proclaim
• promulgate an order
• require
• rule
• state authoritatively
• take charge
• take the leadforeign phrases: In maleficio
• ratihabitio mandato comparatur
• In tort
• a ratification is regarded as a command
• Qui mandat ipsefecisse videtur
• He who gives an order is held to be the doer
• Ratihabitio mandato aequiparatur
• Ratification is equivalent to an express command
• Remissius imperanti melius paretur
• He who commands more gently is better obeyed

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Command in Historical Law

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Conduct, Convoy, Edict, Enjoin, , Mandamus, Mandate, Mandatory, , Order, Possession, Praecipe, Precatory Trust, Precept, Recommend, Signal, Supersedeas, Trust.

Basic Command Unit in Law Enforcement

Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of Basic Command Unit. This legal term is related to the United Kingom and/or the English Legal System.

Resources

See Also

• Mandate
• Prohibere
• Ratihabitio

Resources

See Also

• Law Enforcement Officer
• Police Officer
• Law Enforcement Agency

Further Reading

• Basic Command Unit in A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (Oxford University Press)
• Basic Command Unit in the Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement
• A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis