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Definitions for "Committal"
Keywords:  magistrate, offence, indictable, prison, jury
Related Terms: Indictment, Acquittal, Committal proceedings, Grand jury indictment, Preliminary hearing, Preliminary inquiry, Grand jury, Preliminary examination, Presentment, Initial appearance, Conviction, Acquitted, Municipal court, Trial, Bench warrant, Preliminary hearings, Crown court, Remand, True bill, Petit jury, Lower court, Sentencing, Adjudge, Interlocutory injunction, Referee, Order to show cause, Judicial officer, Temporary injunction, Jury, Recuse, Adjudicatory hearing, District court, Recusal, Jury trial, Adjudicate, Verdict, No bill, Pre-trial, Bench trial, Indictable offence, Not guilty, Certification, Superior court, Court of appeal, Hung jury, Civil court, Magistrate, Disposition, Guilty, Recusation
A procedure in the magistrates court where the court hears evidence in relation to an indictable offence in order to decide whether the matter should be sent to a higher court• Criminal Courts• Duty Lawyer• Justices of the Peace
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the official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital)
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sending someone to a court (usually from a magistrates' court to the Crown court) or to prison;
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Keywords:  crime, act
The act of committing, or the state of being committed; commitment.
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the act of committing a crime
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