[Cf. F. sous-commission.]

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  1.  [SUB- 5 c.] An under-commission.

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1629.  Reg. Privy Council Scot., Ser. II. III. 21. The commissioners … have ordained sub-commissiouns to be granted to some selected persouns.

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1648.  Heylin, Relat. & Observ., I. 119. Skippon … authorized the said Commissioned Apprentices to grant Sub-commissions again to other Apprentices under them.

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  2.  [SUB- 7 b.] A division of a commission.

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1882.  A. Mario, in Macm. Mag., XLVI. 253/2. The President of the Council and the Minister of Public Works name commissions, these name sub-commissions, and so we go on from day to day.

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