Commander

...For example, it refers to the entrustment of a monastery's assets to a parish clergyman, or of a bishop's assets to a papal clergyman. In contrast, the medieval commercial commenda was a type of business contract in medieval commerce, in which the trustor entrusted capital to the trustee, who actually went on a business trip with the capital and made a transaction, and the profits were shared between the two parties. Its origins are said to date back to ancient times, and it was also used by Islamic merchants.

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…例えば，修道院のそれらを教区付き聖職者に委託することや，司教座のそれらを法王庁付き聖職者に委託することをいう。これに対し，中世商法的コンメンダは，中世商業における企業契約の一つで，委託者commendatorが資本を受託者commendatariusに委託し，受託者はそれをもって現実に商旅に赴いて取引をなし，その利潤を両者で分配するという双務契約をいう。起源は古代にさかのぼるといわれ，イスラム商人によっても利用された。…

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