单词 | house commission |
释义 | > as lemmasHouse commission C4. In sense A. 5a, with sense ‘of or relating to a legislative or deliberative assembly’, as House commission, House committee, House report, etc. Chiefly with capital initial. Chiefly U.S. ΚΠ 1775 S. Palmer Calamy's Nonconformist's Memorial I. 188 He was suspended by the vice-chancellor, but afterwards restored by the H. of Commons... A remarkable speech upon this occasion was made by Sir Ed. Deering, chairman of the house committee. 1837 Deb. Congr. U.S. 14 Jan. 1392 See House Reports, No. 27, Session 1824-5. 1857 J. C. Rives App. to Congress. Globe 70/3 The depositions taken by the House commission never have been laid before us. 1890 Lancet 26 July 211/2 A special minute to this effect was passed recently by the House Committee. 1916 N.Y. Times 17 Jan. 5/5 An account of the executive session was inadvertently included in a House report. 1988 D. P. Forsythe Human Rights & U.S. Foreign Policy (1989) 144 While officially a bipartisan and ‘bi-branch’ agency, it may be treated here as if it were a House commission. 2010 Toronto Star (Nexis) 15 Dec. a16 (headline) Former Tory MP staffer tells House committee he sent secret paper to five lobbyists. < as lemmas |
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