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committal

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Law, Death
com·mit·tal /kəˈmɪtl/ noun [countable, uncountable]  1. SCLthe process in which a court sends someone to a mental hospital or prison 送入精神病院;收监2. formalMX the burying or cremating of a dead person 下葬;火化
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committalThe first is that Form N111 was used as a committal order rather than Form N79.Arrangements for committal proceedings should be reviewed, and short term imprisonment discouraged as being expensive and of little reformative value.There was no possibility of his being able to purge his contempt within a short time of his committal.He was granted bail by magistrates on his committal for trial.You merely listen in a non committal way.The judge went on to say that they had notices of committal and that they had removed themselves from the jurisdiction.He was released on conditional bail pending committal proceedings.The court itself took the point that the committal was invalid and quashed a sentence of 18 months' imprisonment.
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committal
committal /kəˈmɪtl/ noun [uncountable and countable]
1. the process in which a court sends someone to a mental hospital or prison
2. formal the burying or CREMATING of a dead person


com·mit·talBrE /kəˈmɪtl/ 🔊NAmE /kəˈmɪtl/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] (specialist) the official process of sending sb to prison or to a mental hospital 收监;拘押;送入(精神病院)He was released on bail pending committal proceedings. 他交保获释正在候审。🔊🔊