Committee

*Note: not to be confused with "comity".
"Committee" means:
# (Archaic) A person to whom a charge or trust is committed to.
# A body of persons delegated to consider, investigate, take action on, or report on some matter an advisory committee; especially
##Agroup of fellow legislators chosen by a legislative body to give consideration to legislative matters The bill has been sent back to committee.
#A self-constituted organization for the promotion of a common object like the Olympic Committee the Northwest Wildlife Committee
:noun, plural committees.
*Also see: the Northern Ireland Affairs Commons Select Committee, Senate Judiciary Committee and House Intelligence Committee.
*Sources: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/committee, http://www.wordcentral.com/cgi-bin/student?book=Student&va=committee and http://www.learnersdictionary.com/definition/committee
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Category:Committees