committal

/kə'mitl/

Thân thiện

The judge ordered the committal of the defendant to the state prison.

Definition

Noun: 1. The act of committing a crime or offense: The action of carrying out or perpetrating an unlawful act. 2. The official act of consigning a person to an institution: The formal process of sending someone to a place of confinement, such as a prison or mental hospital.

Usage

• Committal is a formal and legal term.
• It is often used in legal contexts to describe the process following an arrest or court hearing.
• It can also be used more generally to mean the act of committing something to a particular state or course of action.

Examples

• Referring to a crime:
  • The evidence was crucial for the committal of the robbery.
  • He was arrested for the committal of fraud.
• Referring to institutional confinement:
  • The judge ordered the committal of the defendant to a state prison.
  • The court documents authorized her committal to a psychiatric facility for evaluation.

Advanced Usage

• Committal hearing: A preliminary court hearing to determine if there is enough evidence to send a case to trial.
  • The defense attorney argued against proceeding to trial during the committal hearing.
• Committal proceedings: The legal process that leads to someone being committed to an institution.
  • The committal proceedings were completed swiftly.

Variants and Related Words

• Commit (verb): To carry out or perpetrate (a crime); to send or entrust for safekeeping or confinement.
  • He was found guilty of committing a serious offense.
  • The court decided to commit him to a rehabilitation center.
• Commitment (noun): A pledge or promise; the state of being dedicated to a cause or activity. (Note: This is a distinct, more common word with a broader meaning than ).
  • She showed great commitment to her studies.

Synonyms

• For committing a crime: perpetration, execution.
• For confinement: confinement, institutionalization, incarceration, imprisonment.

Antonyms

• For confinement: release, liberation, discharge.

Học thuật

Noun

1. the act of committing a crime
2. the official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital)

Từ đồng nghĩa

• perpetration
• commission
• commitment
• consignment