The Aulic Council created an imperial commission to look into the matter.

This imperial commission was clearly modeled on the "carpet page" of an illuminated manuscript.

An imperial commission then punished the leaders of the unrest.

With an imperial commission hanging over him, however, there was little he could do.

A crowd gathered and a riot ensued large enough to be investigated by an imperial commission, which resolved issues surrounding shared use of the church.

The Aulic Council was entitled to delegate its authority to an "imperial commission".

Only a small subset of the imperial commissions were used to resolve legal disputes.

In over 70 cases, the Council rejected a request to create an imperial commission.

Various different tasks could be assigned to an imperial commissions.

In extreme cases, the Emperor would permit the use of military force to support an imperial commission.