Commitment
The act of sending a person to jail for judicial review before he is proved guilty of commiting a crime and also sending an insane person to an asylum for treatment who can prove dangerous to the society
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COMMITMENT - The warrant or order by which a court or magistrate directs a ministerial officer to take a person to prison. The commitment is either for further hearing or it is final.
The formal requisites of the commitment are: ...
commitment: an order to commit a person to the custody of a sheriff, commissioner of corrections, or mental health facility
common law: the body of law which originated in England and upon which present day U.S. law is based ...
Commitment
A written promise to make or insure a loan for a specified amount and on specified items.
Comparables
Properties used as comparisons to determine the value of a specified property.
commitment order: A court order that says a person must be kept in custody, usually in a jail or mental institution.
COMMITMENT: The legal action taken by the court when it has been determined that an adjudicated juvenile or convicted adult should be placed in a state juvenile or adult corrections facility operated by the Commissioner of Corrections.
commitment A court order that provides authority to hold in custody a person convicted of a crime, or a person determined to be dangerous because of mental illness.
committing magistrate See magistrate.
commitment
n. a judge's order sending someone to jail or prison, upon conviction or before trial, or directing that a mentally unstable person be confined to a mental institution.
Commitment - The order by which the court directs: 1) The sending of a person to a prison or jail in execution of sentence or 2) The sending of a person to a hospital because of a mental disorder.
COMMITMENT, criminal law, practice. The warrant. or order by which a court or magistrate directs a ministerial officer to take a person to prison. The commitment is either for further hearing, (q. v.) or it is final.
A commitment made (and possibly secured by cash or property) to secure the release of a person being held in custody and suspected of a crime, to provide some kind of guarantee that the suspect will appear to answer the charges at some later date.
Civil commitment
Definition - Noun
: court-ordered institutionalization of a person suffering from mental illness, alcoholism, or drug addiction usu. upon a finding that the person is dangerous to himself or herself or to others ...
When a commitment encumbrance is made into a Purchase Order the commitment encumbrance is not relieved?
How does an encumbrance affect expense and expenditures?
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lender option commitments an agreement giving a lender the option to deliver loans or securities by a certain date at agreed upon terms.
A shareholder is not liable for the debts or other obligations of the company except to the extent of any commitment made to buy shares.
Bail Criminal law: a commitment made (and possibly secured by cash or property) to secure the release of a person being held in custody and suspected of a crime, ...
An order of commitment obtained in a judgment summons remains in force for a year only, and the extreme term of imprisonment is six weeks, dating from the time of lodging in prison.
offer; b) an acceptance of that offer which results in a meeting of the minds; c) a promise to perform; d) a valuable consideration (which can be a promise or payment in some form); e) a time or event when performance must be made (meet commitments); ...
Service contract: as provided in the shipping act of 1984, a contract between a shipper (or a shipper's association) and an ocean common carrier (or conference) in which the shipper makes a commitment to provide a certain minimum quantity of ...
An agent is a person who is authorised to carry out activities on behalf of his principal and to enter into commitments by which the principal will be bound. The term usually refers to a businessman who finds business for you and takes a commission.
Unable to serve : If you have health problems, a paid vacation, or other personal commitments that cannot be rescheduled at the time you are initially called, a postponement may be available.
Interest rates on CDs are fixed, and usually higher than on savings accounts, because banking institutions require a commitment to leave the money on deposit for a fixed period of time.
Shareholder's Agreement: An agreement between the shareholders of a corporation that can cover various matters such as a commitment to vote particular persons as directors and ...
May be: a warrant of apprehension, directing that a person be arrested and brought before a court; a warrant of commitment, directing that a person be arrested and imprisoned; a warrant of distress, ...
Estate planning and administration, including tax questions;
Medicaid, disability and other long-term care issues; and
Guardianship, conservatorship and commitment matters, including fiduciary administration.
CALENDER
crim. law. A list of prisoners, containing their names, the time when they were committed, and by whom, and the cause of their commitments. ... more ...
Probate/Probate Court: A court with limited authority to hear certain kinds of cases, such as adoption, guardianship, mental health commitments. Not a part of the Superior Court system.
This court also has exclusive jurisdiction over all juvenile proceedings, mental health hospital commitments and domestic relations cases.
 See also: Commit, Law, Person, Court, State
  
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