committal
1
8.2
- noun
- /kəˈmɪtəl/
- Formal
:
compromiso
- I want to set up a meeting with Ezra and that barrister from the committal.
- involuntary committal
So he's gone at the old style committal.
- So he's gone at the old style committal.
Examples
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As a result, the court could order the perpetrator's committal into protective treatment in a medical institution (among others) in cases where the perpetrator indulged in the excessive use of narcotics and committed a crime while under the influence of a drug or committed the offense of drunkenness.
Academic text (2007) -
In the interests of our clients... we have no option but to take out an order... for committal of your person.
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Would you all please rise now for the committal?
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What exactly is the committal?
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Now, is it not true that these men were taken off Alcatraz in straitjackets and placed in mental institutions, and you and Dr Wendell Kiley - signed the committal papers?
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The judge ordered the committal of the defendant to the mental hospital for evaluation.
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After his committal, he received the necessary treatment for his condition.
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The lawyer filed for the committal of her client to ensure he received proper care.
Synonyms
11
7.5
The official sending of a person to prison or a mental hospital by a court
1
7.9
Sending someone to prison or a mental hospital
Antonyms
Compounds
A short ceremony at a grave or crematorium when people say goodbye to a dead person
How Severe
- Formal
15
4.7
- Formal
88
4.0
- Formal
1
8.2
155
3.9
- Jargon
8
8.8
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Committal comes from the verb commit, made of com- ('with') and mittere ('to send'), and is related to the word mission; the original idea was to 'send' or 'give someone in charge'. So a committal is the official 'sending' of a person to prison or a hospital.