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judiciary committee
judiciary committee n. chiefly North American (originally) any committee intended to carry out a judicial function; (in later use more usually) a committee charged with oversight of the administration of justice.Used esp. of two standing committees in the U.S. Congress, the House Committee on the Judiciary and the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, which have various responsibilities relating to the oversight of the judiciary and other matters relating to federal law and agencies. Also used of similar committees appointed at the state level.
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1790 Diary; or, Woodfall's Reg. 2 Jan. This first subject being thus disposed of, Mr. Tronchet resumed the reading of the excellent memoir of the Judiciary Committee.
1811 tr. A. de Beauchamp et al. Lives Remarkable Char. I. 66 He moved that the convention should form itself into a judiciary committee to try Louis XVI. and his family.
1813 Daily National Intelligencer (Washington) 11 Dec. Resolved, That the Judiciary Committee be instructed to enquire into the expediency of making provision by law for the appointment of an additional Judge of the Superior Court in the territory of Missouri.
1848 Amer. Almanac 1849 332 In the Senate he was chairman of the Judiciary Committee.
1921 Official Reg. 1921–2 (State of Iowa) 302 In the twentieth [Iowa] general assembly he was chairman of the house judiciary committee.
1979 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 4 Oct. Two of the three members of the judiciary committee of the Ontario Universities Athletic Association have resigned over an eligibility dispute.
2002 Time Out N.Y. 5 Sept. 19/2 Recently, the chair of the House Judiciary Committee..sent a list of several dozen questions to the DoJ [= Department of Justice] questioning the agency's conduct.
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