Definition of Commotation
Com`mu*ta"tion (?), n. [L.
commutatio: cf. F. commutation.] 1.
A passing from one state to another; change; alteration;
mutation. [R.]
So great is the commutation that the soul
then hated only that which now only it loves.
South.
2. The act of giving one thing for
another; barter; exchange. [Obs.]
The use of money is . . . that of saving the
commutation of more bulky commodities.
Arbuthnot.
3. (Law) The change of a penalty
or punishment by the pardoning power of the State; as, the
commutation of a sentence of death to banishment or
imprisonment.
Suits are allowable in the spiritual courts for
money agreed to be given as a commutation for penance.
Blackstone.
4. A substitution, as of a less thing for
a greater, esp. a substitution of one form of payment for
another, or one payment for many, or a specific sum of money for
conditional payments or allowances; as, commutation of
tithes; commutation of fares; commutation of
copyright; commutation of rations.
Angle of commutation (Astron.),
the difference of the geocentric longitudes of the sun and a
planet. -- Commutation of tithes, the
substitution of a regular payment, chargeable to the land, for
the annual tithes in kind. -- Commutation
ticket, a ticket, as for transportation, which is
the evidence of a contract for service at a reduced rate. See 2d
Commute, 2.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- A passing from one state to another; change; alteration; mutation.
- The act of giving one thing for another; barter; exchange.
- The change of a penalty or punishment by the pardoning power of the State; as, the commutation of a sentence of death to banishment or imprisonment.
- A substitution, as of a less thing for a greater, esp. a substitution of one form of payment for another, or one payment for many, or a specific sum of money for conditional payments or allowances; as, commutation of tithes; commutation of fares; commutation of copyright; commutation of rations.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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