COMMANDO  , a Portuguese word meaning " command," adopted by the Boers in See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa through whom it has come into See also:

• ENGLISH

English use, for military and semi-military expeditions against the natives . More particularly a " commando " was the administrative and See also:

• TACTICAL

tactical unit of the forces of the former See also:

• BOER

Boer republics, " commandeered " under the See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law of the constitutions which made military service obligatory on all See also:

• MALES

males between the ages of sixteen and sixty . Each " commando " was formed from the burghers of military See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of an electoral See also:

• DISTRICT

district .