The official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital)
The act of committing a crime.
1 The immediate crisis was the committal hearing in the Melbourne Magistrates Court.
2 Both men are expected to appear for a committal mention in January.
3 But there was no mention of his tumour at the committal hearing.
4 The witnesses will be cross-examined at a three-day committal hearing in May.
5 On the blank was printed in the usual way the following non- committal message:
6 Magistrate Guillaume Bailin adjourned the committal hearing until July next year.
7 A number of charges had been withdrawn during the committal hearing.
8 It will be extended to the State's main committal prisons in the autumn.
9 He is rather less severe than his predecessor in the previous committal proceedings.
10 The lawyer sprang upon his feet and vehemently opposed the committal .
11 One thing only is necessary - the committal of the soul to God.
12 There was no committal in that, nothing that could bind her.
13 And it seemed to him that his committal startled no one but himself.
14 Subsequently, a discussion took place on the committal of the bill.
15 With financial help from his family, he had decided to fight his committal .
16 Her attitude is somewhat inquisitorial; her tone, as she addresses MINNIE, non- committal .
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