committal – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
committal
n.
consignment to a penal or mental institution
Committal procedure
committal
Noun
1. the official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital)
(synonym) commitment, consignment
(hypernym) confinement
(derivation) commit, institutionalize, institutionalise, send, charge
2. the act of committing a crime
(synonym) perpetration, commission
(hypernym) crime, law-breaking
(derivation) perpetrate, commit, pull
Committal
(n.)
The act of committing, or the state of being committed; commitment.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
Committal
i) Committal for trial: Following examination by the Magistrates of
a case involving and indictable or either way offence, the procedure
of directing the case to the Crown Court to be dealt with
ii) Committal for Sentence: Where the Magistrates consider that the offence
justifies a sentence greater than they are empowered to impose they may
commit the defendant to the Crown Court for sentence to be passed by
a judge
iii) Committal Order: An order of the Court committing someone to prison
iv) Committal Warrant (see
Warrant of Committal)