. The cyclopaedia; or, Universal dictionary of arts, sciences, and literature. Encyclopedias and dictionaries. C O M COMMISSURE Cerebri, in Anatomj, are parts of the rain, which join together the right and left iidea of tins C M brai VlfcUS. _ There are three of thefe commrflures : an anterior one which is directly under the anterior crura of the fornix ; apofterior which is behind the optic thalarri, and m front of the tubercula quadrigemina; and a middle one, which ; ,ini together the oppoled convexities of the thalami ner- vorum opticorum. For a further dtfeription of thefe parts, fee Brain
. The cyclopaedia; or, Universal dictionary of arts, sciences, and literature. Encyclopedias and dictionaries. C O M COMMISSURE Cerebri, in Anatomj, are parts of the rain, which join together the right and left iidea of tins C M brai VlfcUS. _ There are three of thefe commrflures : an anterior one which is directly under the anterior crura of the fornix ; apofterior which is behind the optic thalarri, and m front of the tubercula quadrigemina; and a middle one, which ; ,ini together the oppoled convexities of the thalami ner- vorum opticorum. For a further dtfeription of thefe parts, fee Brain. COMMITMENT, in Law, the fending of a perion to prifon by warrant or order, who hath been guilty of any offence not bailable, or for which bail is refuted. It may be by the king and privy council, or fecretary of Hate, by the iodses of peace, and other magiftrates, who have authority by the laws and Itatutes of the realm (lattice. Where a man is committed as a criminal, the I ".in muft be, " until he be delivered by due courfe of law;" if he be committed for contumacy, it (hould be " until he ; All commitments muft be to fome prifon within the realm of England ; for by the Habeas-corpus act (Hat. 31 Car. and a middle one, which II. cap. 2.) i'. is enacted " that no fubjecl of this realm, being an inhabitant or reliant of this kingdom of England, dominion of Wales, or town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, fhall or may befent prifoner into Scotland, Ireland, Jcrfey, Guernfey, Tangier, or into any ports, garrifons, iflands or p aces, beyond the feas, which then were, or at any time after fhould be, within or without the dominions of his ; By flat. 14 Ed. III. c. 10, fheriffs fhall have the cuftody of the gaol as before that time they were wo-nt to have, and they fhall put in fuch under keepers for whom they will anfwer. This is confirmed by ilat. 19 Hen. peace may "»«« - v -⢠â¢- . , , . «â la
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