COMMITTEES

Noun

committees

plural of committee

Source: Wiktionary

COMMITTEE

Com*mit"tee, n. Etym: [Cf. OF. comité company, and LL. comitatus jurisdiction or territory of a count, county, assize, army. The word was apparently influenced by the verb commit, but not directly formed from it. Cf. County.]

Definition: One or more persons elected or appointed, to whom any matter or bussiness is referred, either by a legislative body, or by a court, or by any collective body of men acting together. Commitee of the whole [house], a committee, embracing all the members present, into which a legislative or deliberative body sometimes resolves itself, for the purpose of considering a particular measure under the operation of different rules from those governing the general legislative proceedings. The committee of the whole has its own chairman, and reports its action in the form of recommendations.

– Standing committee. See under Standing.

Com`mit*tee", n. Etym: [From Commit, v. t.] (Law)

Definition: One to whom the charge of the person or estate of another, as of a lunatic, is committed by suitable authority; a guardian.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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