committal
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
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committals
plural
committals
Britannica Dictionary definition of COMMITTAL
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formal
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the act of burying someone's body in a grave
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a funeral service, followed by committal in the family plot
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a private committal service = a private service of committal
2
chiefly British, law
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the act or process of ordering someone to be put in a prison or a mental hospital
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She argued against the committal of the defendant to a mental hospital.
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committal proceedings
