The act of referring a legislative bill to committee.
Official consignment, as to a prison or mental health facility.
A court order authorizing consignment to a prison.
A pledge to do.
Something pledged, especially an engagement by contract involving financial obligation.
A pledge to do.
Something pledged, especially an engagement by contract involving financial obligation.
The state of being bound emotionally or intellectually to a course of action or to another person or persons: a deep commitment to liberal policies; a profound commitment to the family.
the trait of sincere and steadfast fixity of purpose; "a man of energy and commitment" [syn: committedness]
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the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action; "his long commitment to public service"; "they felt no loyalty to a losing team"
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an engagement by contract involving financial obligation; "his business commitments took him to London"
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a message that makes a pledge
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the official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital)
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law - Cite This Source - Share This Main Entry: commitment Function: noun 1: an act of committing: as a: placement in or assignment to a prison or mental hospital <petition forcommitment> —compare INCOMPETENT, INTERDICTION NOTE: Commitment to a mental health facility is called civil commitment when it is not part of a criminal proceeding. Civil commitment proceedings areinitiated by the patient, in the case of voluntary commitment, or by someone (as a family member or government agent) authorized by statute to petition for the patient's involuntary commitment. Someform of a hearing and periodic review is required in involuntary commitment proceedings. A criminal defendant may be committed to a mental hospital as a result of being found incompetent to standtrial, not guilty by reason of insanity, or incompetent to be sentenced.b: an act of referring a matter to a legislative committee c: a warrant committing someone toa prison 2: an agreement or promise to do something in the future; especially: a promise to assume a financial obligation at a future date <cannot meet their loancommitments>
Com*mit"ment\, n. 1. The act of committing, or putting in charge, keeping, or trust; consignment; esp., the act of committing to prison. They were glad to compound for his bare commitment to the Tower, whence he was within few days enlarged. --Clarendon. 2. A warrant or order for the imprisonment of a person; -- more frequently termed a mittimus. 3. The act of referring or intrusting to a committee for consideration and report; as, the commitment of a petition or a bill. 4. A doing, or perpetration, in a bad sense, as of a crime or blunder; commission. 5. The act of pledging or engaging; the act of exposing, endangering, or compromising; also, the state of being pledged or engaged. --Hamilton.
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