Committee
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
A person or body of persons to whom a matter is committed for superintendence, action, or recommendation. In Legislation. One or more members of a legislative body, to whom is specially referred some matter before that body, in order that they may investigate and examine into it, and report to those who delegated this authority to them. In Practice. A guardian appointed to take charge of the person or estate of one who has been found to be non compos.