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COMMITTEE REPORT - The report a committee submits to the chambers listing actions taken on bills (i.e favorable, favorable with amendments, unfavorable, rereferred, or referred for interim study).

Radioactive Drug Research Committee: An institutional committee responsible for the use of radioactive drugs in human subjects for research purposes.

Committee
A term of parliamentary law which refers to a body of one or more persons appointed by a larger assembly or society, to consider, investigate and/or take action on certain specific matters.

COMMITTEE, practice. When a person has been found non compos, the law requires that a guardian should be appointed to take care of his person and estate; this guardian is called the committee.

Committee on Intellectual Cooperation
The League of Nations had devoted serious attention to the question of international intellectual cooperation since its creation.

Committee of the whole
Definition
: the whole membership of a legislative house (as the House of Representatives) sitting as a committee and operating under informal parliamentary rules
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The Committee on Currency and Foreign Exchanges after the war sat in 1918 and 1919, under Lord Cunliffe's chairmanship, to consider among other things the working of the Bank Act, 1844, and the constitution and functions of the Bank of England, ...

An ad hoc committee, for example, is created with a unique and specific purpose or task and once it has studied and reports on the matter, it stands disbanded (compare with standing committee).
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Standing Committee:
A term of parliamentary law which refers to those committees which have a continued existence; that are not related to the accomplishment of a specific, once-only task as are ad hoc or special committees.

A permanent committee.
Stare Decisis (Latin):
A term meaning "to stand by that which is decided." Refers to the principle of adhering to precedent when deciding a case.

all committee and subcommittee delegates must agree on treaty language before it can be included in the final version of a treaty, and the committees cannot place new items on their agendas unless all member nations agree. One reason that the U.N.

Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (includes information from Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine) ...

It is an area in a housing property or a shopping complex that is not owned by anyone but belongs to all the owners or is managed by the management committee of the complex.

Latin: for this purpose; for a specific purpose. An ad hoc committee, for example, is created with a unique and specific purpose or task and once it has studied and reports on the matter, it stands disbanded (compare with standing committee).

Latin: for this purpose; for a specific purpose; a special case only. An ad hoc committee, for example, is created with a unique and specific purpose or task and once it has studied and reports on the matter, ...

an examination and evaluation of the performance of a professional or technician by a board or committee made up of people in the same occupation.

JISC Judicial Information System Committee. A state committee of 14 members, who serve as steering committee for JIS.
J & S Judgment and sentencing. A criminal form.
joined See issue.

" Thus, an ad hoc committee is formed for a specific purpose, usually to solve a particular problem. An ad hoc attorney is one hired to handle one problem only, perhaps to analyze a specialized area of the law or argue a key point in court.

small business case A special type of chapter 11 case in which there is no creditors' committee (or the creditors' committee is deemed inactive by the court) and in which the debtor is subject to more oversight by the ...

Trial Court Management Committee
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corpus delicti - The body (material substance) upon which a crime has been committee, e.g., the corpse of a murdered man or the charred remains of a house burned by an arsonist.

Generally there are three types of immunity at law: a) a promise not to prosecute for a crime in exchange for information or testimony in a criminal matter, granted by the prosecutors, a judge, a grand jury or an investigating legislative committee; ...

The number of members of a body (e.g. a committee) required to be present to transact business legally.
real property
Land or other real estate.

The House of Commons RoW Review Committee.
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Ex Officio: Latin for "from the office," to describe someone who has a right because of an office held, such as being allowed to sit on a committee simply because one is president of the corporation.

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President: The chief executive officer of the United States; a presiding or managing officer of a legislative body, business, organization, committee, etcetera.

Attendance at a driver improvement school can be either required or elective. All driver improvement schools are operated by a non-profit or governmental agency and must be approved by the Traffic Court Review Committee.

Appeals may in some instances be taken from the court of appeals to the House of Lords. The judicial committee of the privy council hears appeals from overseas territories still under British domain and from some Commonwealth countries.

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