commissioners

  • 131American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions —    The American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions was the first American Protestant agency to send missionaries to serve in foreign lands. It continued its venerable role well into the 20th century, when it was merged into a larger body …

    Encyclopedia of Protestantism

  • 132General Commissioners — An unpaid local body of persons of good standing appointed by the Lord Chancellor or, in Scotland, by the Scottish Executive, to hear appeals against income tax, corporation tax, and capital gains tax assessments or matters of dispute arising… …

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