COMMITTEE (from commute, an Anglo-Fr. past participle of commettre, Lat. committere, to entrust; the modern Fr. equivalent comite is derived from the Eng.)

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COMMITTEE (from commute, an Anglo-Fr. past participle of commettre, Lat. committere, to entrust; the modern Fr. equivalent comite is derived from the Eng.) , a person or

body

BODY

of persons to whom something is " committed " or entrusted. The

term

TERM

is used of a person or persons to whom the charge of the

body

BODY

(" committee of the person") or of the

property

PROPERTY

and business affairs (" committee of the

estate

ESTATE (through O. Fr. estat, mod. flat, from Lat. status, state, condition, position, stare, to stand)

") of a lunatic is committed by the

court

COURT
COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the
influence
- INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)
of the Lat. curia, the word used in
medieval
- MEDIEVAL
documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

(see

INSANITY

INSANITY (from Lat. in, not, and sanus,
sound
- SOUND
- SOUND, THE (Danish Oresund)
)

). In this sense the

English

ENGLISH

usage is to pronounce the word commi-ttee. The more common meaning of " committee " (pronounced commftt-y) is that - of a body of persons elected or appointed to consider and deal with certain matters of business, specially or generally referred to it.

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