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• COMMITTEE (from commute, an Anglo-Fr. past participle of commettre, Lat. committere, to entrust; the modern Fr. equivalent comite is derived from the Eng.)

COMMITTEE (from commute, an Anglo-Fr. past participle of commettre, See also:

• LAT

Lat. committere, to entrust; the See also:

• MODERN

modern Fr. See also:

• EQUIVALENT

equivalent comite is derived from the Eng.)  , a See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person or See also:

• BODY

body of persons to whom something is " committed " or entrusted . The See also:

• TERM

term is used of a person or persons to whom the See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

charge of the body (" See also:

• COMMITTEE (from commute, an Anglo-Fr. past participle of commettre, Lat. committere, to entrust; the modern Fr. equivalent comite is derived from the Eng.)

committee of the person") or of the See also:

• PROPERTY

property and business affairs (" committee of the See also:

• ESTATE (through O. Fr. estat, mod. flat, from Lat. status, state, condition, position, stare, to stand)

estate ") of a lunatic is committed by the See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court (see See also:

• INSANITY (from Lat. in, not, and sanus, sound)

INSANITY) . In this sense the See also:

• ENGLISH

English usage is to pronounce the word commi-ttee . The more See also:

• COMMON

common meaning of " committee " (pronounced commftt-y) is that - of a body of persons elected or appointed to consider and See also:

• DEAL

deal with certain matters of business, specially or generally referred to it .