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Translations committal [kəˈmɪtl] N 1. (Jur) committal for trial → (auto m de) procesamiento m committal to prison → encarcelamiento m, (auto m de) prisión f 2. (to mental asylum) → reclusión f 3. (= burial) → entierro m committal [kəˈmɪtəl] n (British) (to prison) → incarcération f; (to mental hospital) → internement m modif [proceedings] (to prison) → d'incarcération; (to mental hospital) → d'internement committal n (to prison, asylum etc) → Einweisung f; his committal for trial → seine Überstellung ans Gericht; committal proceedings → gerichtliche Voruntersuchung (of crime etc) → Begehen nt (form) (Parl) = commitment b committal [kəˈmɪtl] n (to prison) → imprigionamento, carcerazione f; (to mental hospital) → ricovero committal [kəˈmɪtl] n (to prison) → imprigionamento, carcerazione f; (to mental hospital) → ricovero How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| But for this the family found no cause for committal to the asylum, since such committal would necessarily invalidate what he had done. The disturbed state of the town would be, he knew, a sufficient reason for demanding the murderer's committal to prison before daybreak, as no man could answer for the security of any of the watch-houses or ordinary places of detention; and to convey a prisoner through the streets when the mob were again abroad, would not only be a task of great danger and hazard, but would be to challenge an attempt at rescue. He even escorted the Bride up-stairs into Mr Merdle's presence; but this must be considered as an act of homage to the sex (of which he was an admirer, being notoriously captivated by the charms of a certain Duchess), and not as a committal of himself with the family. |
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