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committee

[ kuh-mit-ee ]

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noun

a person or group of persons elected or appointed to perform some service or function, as to investigate, report on, or act upon a particular matter.
standing committee.
Law. an individual to whom the care of a person or a person's estate is committed.

committee

kəˈmɪtɪ a group of people chosen or appointed to perform a specified service or function
ˌkɒmɪˈtiː (formerly) a person to whom the care of a mentally incompetent person or his property was entrusted by a court See also receiver

First recorded in 1425–75; late Middle English, from Anglo-French; commit, -ee

C15: from committen to entrust + -ee

Unlike former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, Huckabee is not immediately forming an exploratory committee.

Portraits of Lincoln and Eisenhower were removed from the offices of the Republican National Committee.

Tom Rust, a spokesman for the House Ethics Committee, declined to comment to The Daily Beast.

Still, his conviction will restart a House Ethics Committee investigation into his actions.

“I think that all Slovaks should feel offended,” said MP Tomas Galbavy, who served on the parliamentary culture committee.

In the case of the Midland—they appointed a committee of inquiry, and the directors assented to the appointment.

Mr. Wainwright acted as secretary and I kept the minute book and papers relating to the business of the committee.

This Committee shall be divided into three sections, viz.:—Of diplomacy; of the navy; and of the army.

New proposals regarding telephone charges are expected as soon as the Select Committee has reported.

I hope the committee will consider J. Price's report as from a disappointed man.

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