| 释义 |
recoˈmmittal
[re- 5 a.]
Recommitment.
1837Second Rep. Inspectors of Prisons i. 90 in Parl. Papers XXXII. 1 Judging from the immense number of recommittals, it would almost seem that the effect produced by imprisonment..is not such as materially to deter from the commission of crime. 1863H. Cox Instit. i. ix. 168 There may be several recommittals of the same bill. 1884Contemp. Rev. July 86 In the local jails..75 per cent. of the inmates are constantly entering on very short re-committals. |