Definitionn. the official act of consigning a person to confinement
Last update: August 7, 2015
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Such an imprisonment does not operate as a satisfaction or extinguishment of the debt, and no second order of commitment can be made against him for the same debt, although where the court has made an order or judgment for the payment of the debt by instalments a power of committal arises on default of payment of each instalment. [Please select]
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God knew (he thought) that was committal enough. [Please select]
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She was ready, either for calm, bold approach, or equally calm and wholly non-committal retreat. [Please select]
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The value of the rule depends much on a thorough committal of the exceptions. [Please select]
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The boy, therefore, chose to make a non-committal reply: 'Baldy is some distance away, in camp.' [Please select]
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The assizes were to take place only a fortnight after the date of Reuben's committal. [Please select]
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His voice was as non-committal as the mullah's message. [Please select]
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"That," she replied in a non-committal tone, "is Jane Pratt." [Please select]
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Chapter LVI He lay in prison very ill, during the whole interval between his committal for trial and the coming round of the Sessions. [Please select]
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Balfour’s was a non-committal visit; and besides (Pilrig being in the country) I made bold to find the way to it myself, with the help of my two legs and a Scots tongue. [Please select]
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