a committal or preliminary hearing is held in the District Court for all offences where the defendant is to be tried by jury in order to check whether there is a case against the defendant.
A proceeding in which a Magistrate determines if there is enough evidence to support a charge of an indictable offence.
This is an outcome of a deposition hearing when the court finds the defendant has a case to answer and therefore sets the case down to be tried before a jury.