committal
noun[CorU]
formaluk/kəˈmɪt.əl/us/kəˈmɪt̬.əl/theprocessofsendingsomeone to apsychiatrichospitalorprison:
Thepsychiatricteamdecidedthat committal would not bebeneficialin hercase.精神病专家小组判定,以她的情况将她送入精神病院没有益处。
Theseeventsledto his committal.
Theprospectof a committaltoprisondid notfrightenher.
lawUKAustralianspecialized
thefactofsendingsomeone to ahighercourtfor atrialor to besentenced(= given apunishment):
On his committalfortrial, he wasgrantedbail.
Sentence waspassedby the CrownCourtfollowingcommittalforsentenceby themagistrates'court.
How can wereducethenumberof committals withoutinterferingwith the defendant'srighttooptforjurytrial?
theceremonyat which adeadbodyisburiedorsentto beburned:
Thefuneralservicewill befollowedby aprivatecommittal.
Thepriestreadaprayerof committal over thegrave.
At acrematorium, the committalsignalsthefinalgoodbyebefore thecoffinisremovedfromview.
Putting people in prison
- at His/Her Majesty's pleasureidiom
- bangsomeoneup
- bar
- behind barsidiom
- bird
- commit
- immure
- immured
- imprison
- imprisonment
- incarcerate
- intern
- pen
- prisoner
- putsomethingaway
- remand
- restraint
- rot
- solitary
- stretch
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Science of psychology & psychoanalysis
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