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==Origin==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ''comanden'', from Anglo-French ''cumander'', from Vulgar Latin ''commandare'', alteration of [[Latin]] ''commendare'' to [[commit]] to one's charge. The [[English]] word does not certainly appear before 16th cent., so that it may have been formed here on the verb: [[compare]] demand , order , call , and the [[modern]] ''invite''.
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century 14th Century]
==Definitions==
*1: to direct [[authoritatively]] : order
*2: to [[exercise]] a [[dominating]] [[influence]] over : have command of: as a : to have at one's [[immediate]] disposal <commands many [[resources]]> :b : to demand or [[receive]] as one's due <commands a high fee>
:c : to overlook or [[dominate]] from or as if from a [[strategic]] position <a hill that commands the [[city]]>
:d : to have [[military]] command of as senior officer <command a regiment>
*3: obsolete : to order or request to be given
==Description==
A '''command''' in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_terminology military terminology] is an [[organization]]al [[unit]] that the [[individual]] in [[Military]] command has [[responsibility]] for. A Commander will normally be specifically appointed into the role in order to provide a [[legal]] framework for the [[authority]] [[bestowed]]. Naval and military officers have a legal [[authority]] by [[virtue]] of their [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commissioned_officer officer's commission] however the specific [[responsibilities]] and privileges of command are derived from the publication of appointment.
The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Defense United States Department of Defense] defines command as follows:
*1. The authority that a commander in the armed forces lawfully exercises over subordinates by virtue of rank or assignment. Command includes the authority and responsibility for effectively using available resources and for planning the employment of, organizing, directing, coordinating, and controlling military forces for the accomplishment of assigned missions. It also includes responsibility for health, welfare, morale, and discipline of assigned personnel.
*2. An order given by a commander; that is, the will of the commander expressed for the purpose of bringing about a particular action.
*3. A unit or units, an organization, or an area under the command of one individual. Also called CMD. See also area command; combatant command; combatant command (command authority).
==See also==
*'''''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chain_of_command Chain of command]'''''
[[Category: Law]]
==Origin==
[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ''comanden'', from Anglo-French ''cumander'', from Vulgar Latin ''commandare'', alteration of [[Latin]] ''commendare'' to [[commit]] to one's charge. The [[English]] word does not certainly appear before 16th cent., so that it may have been formed here on the verb: [[compare]] demand , order , call , and the [[modern]] ''invite''.
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century 14th Century]
==Definitions==
*1: to direct [[authoritatively]] : order
*2: to [[exercise]] a [[dominating]] [[influence]] over : have command of: as a : to have at one's [[immediate]] disposal <commands many [[resources]]> :b : to demand or [[receive]] as one's due <commands a high fee>
:c : to overlook or [[dominate]] from or as if from a [[strategic]] position <a hill that commands the [[city]]>
:d : to have [[military]] command of as senior officer <command a regiment>
*3: obsolete : to order or request to be given
==Description==
A '''command''' in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_terminology military terminology] is an [[organization]]al [[unit]] that the [[individual]] in [[Military]] command has [[responsibility]] for. A Commander will normally be specifically appointed into the role in order to provide a [[legal]] framework for the [[authority]] [[bestowed]]. Naval and military officers have a legal [[authority]] by [[virtue]] of their [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commissioned_officer officer's commission] however the specific [[responsibilities]] and privileges of command are derived from the publication of appointment.
The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Defense United States Department of Defense] defines command as follows:
*1. The authority that a commander in the armed forces lawfully exercises over subordinates by virtue of rank or assignment. Command includes the authority and responsibility for effectively using available resources and for planning the employment of, organizing, directing, coordinating, and controlling military forces for the accomplishment of assigned missions. It also includes responsibility for health, welfare, morale, and discipline of assigned personnel.
*2. An order given by a commander; that is, the will of the commander expressed for the purpose of bringing about a particular action.
*3. A unit or units, an organization, or an area under the command of one individual. Also called CMD. See also area command; combatant command; combatant command (command authority).
==See also==
*'''''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chain_of_command Chain of command]'''''
[[Category: Law]]
