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roving commission

noun

  1. authority or power given in a general area, without precisely defined terms of reference


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Example Sentences

And ashore he'd be practically a free agent with the loosest sort of roving commission, until January 15th.

"Our patient wants a roving commission," said the physician to himself.

His destination was Vienna and Berlin, with a roving commission subject to circumstances.

Now you have got a roving commission for a time, and it will be your own fault if you don't make the best of it.

I have got a roving commission, Petrie, and it doesn't rest with me where I am to-day nor where I shall be to-morrow.

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