| 单词 | full committal |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfull committal full committal n. Law (a) a hearing at which a bench of magistrates consider a prosecution case in full (including witness testimony) so as to decide if there is a case to answer; cf. committal hearing n. at committal n. Compounds 2; (b) Scots Law the second appearance in court for an accused person remanded in custody at an earlier committal.A full committal is usually heard in private and is held to confirm whether the accused should stand trial. ΚΠ 1844 Justice of Peace 27 July 509/2 There is no legal mode of bringing up a prisoner after full committal on one charge, to undergo a preliminary examination on another. 1847 Bankers' Mag. Nov. 590 All doubts as to the truth of these rumours have now been dissipated by the full committal of Mr. Edward Owen Bishop..to take his trial at the next quarter sessions on a charge of embezzlement. 1960 Univ. Pennsylvania Law Rev. 108 295 In Scotland in 1957, in proceedings in the higher courts after full committal, out of 431 persons convicted of housebreaking only 36 had no prior convictions. 2005 J. J. McManus & L. D. G. Thomson Mental Health & Scots Law in Pract. ii. 25 If the person is in custody, the indictment must be served within 80 days of full committal and the trial must commence within 110 days. 2008 C. Moisidis Criminal Discov. ix. 201 Committals were described as opportunities for abuse by defendants because they did not have to give reasons for requiring a full committal and could use the process to cross-examine witnesses at length in the hope of formulating a defence. < as lemmas |
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