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See also:COMMITTEE (from commute, an Anglo-Fr. past participle of commettre, See also:Lat. committere, to entrust; the See also:modern Fr. See also:equivalent comite is derived from the Eng.) , a See also:person or See also:body of persons to whom something is " committed " or entrusted . The See also:term is used of a person or persons to whom the See also:charge of the body (" See also:committee of the person") or of the See also:property and business affairs (" committee of the See also:estate ") of a lunatic is committed by the See also:court (see See also:INSANITY) . In this sense the See also:English usage is to pronounce the word commi-ttee . The more See also:common meaning of " committee " (pronounced commftt-y) is that - of a body of persons elected or appointed to consider and See also:deal with certain matters of business, specially or generally referred to it . |
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