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roving commission
noun
- authority or power given in a general area, without precisely defined terms of reference
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And ashore he'd be practically a free agent with the loosest sort of roving commission, until January 15th.
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"Our patient wants a roving commission," said the physician to himself.
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His destination was Vienna and Berlin, with a roving commission subject to circumstances.
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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.
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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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