Secret Committee
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
A secret committee of the house of commons is a committee specially appointed to investigate a certain matter, and to which secrecy^ being deemed necessary in furtherance of its objects, its proceedings are conducted with closed doors, to the exclusion of all persons not members of the committee. All other committees are open to members of the house, although they may not be serving upon them. Brown.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
A secret committee of the house of commons is a committee especially appointed to investigate a certain matter, and secrecy being deemed necessary in furtherance of its objects, its proceedings are conducted with closed doors. All other committees are open to members of the house, although they may not be serving upon them. Brown.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A secret committee of the house of commons is a committee specially appointed to investigate a certain matter, and to which secrecy being deemed necessary in furtherance of its objects, its proceedings are conducted with closed doors, to the exclusion of all persons not members of the committee. All other committees are open to members of the house, although they may not be serving upon them. Brown.
Defined under Committee in Black's Law Dictionary.