committal

UK
/kəˈmɪt.əl/
US
/kəˈmɪt̬.əl/

Translations

committalnoun
committals
pl
UK
/kəˈmɪt.əl/
US
/kəˈmɪt̬.əl/
cérémonie funéraireCérémonie tenue avant l’inhumation ou la crémation.
The family attended the committal at the graveside after the funeral service.
La famille a assisté à la cérémonie funéraire au cimetière après l’office.
internementAu sens d’un placement en institution, notamment psychiatrique.
The judge ordered the committal of the defendant to a psychiatric facility for evaluation.
Le juge a ordonné l’internement du prévenu dans un établissement psychiatrique pour expertise.
Additional translations
incarcérationAu sens d’un placement en prison.
committaladjective
more committal
Comp.
most committal
Super.
UK
/kəˈmɪt.əl/
US
/kəˈmɪt̬.əl/
de renvoiJuridique.
The committal hearing was held before the trial.
L’audience de renvoi a eu lieu avant le procès.
funéraireRelatif à une cérémonie d’inhumation ou de crémation.
Family members gathered for the committal service.
Les membres de la famille se sont réunis pour la cérémonie funéraire.

Definitions

committalnoun
The act of committing someone to a mental institution or prison.
The judge ordered the committal of the defendant to a psychiatric facility for evaluation.
A ceremony in which a dead person is buried or cremated.
The family attended the committal at the graveside after the funeral service.
committaladjective
Relating to a committal in the legal sense, especially a preliminary court hearing or order that sends an accused person to trial or into custody.
Evidence was examined during the committal hearing before the case moved to the higher court.
Relating to the formal ceremony at which a deceased person’s body is buried or cremated.
Family members gathered at the graveside for the brief committal service.