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A committee for determining relative merit or awarding prizes at an exhibition or competition; as, the art jury gave him the first prize. Jury of inquest, a coroner's jury. See Inquest.

In the service of; connected with; of the number of; as, he is on a newspaper; on a committee.

d College, the officers resident within the college walls constitute a permanent standing committee, called the Parietal Committee. B. H. Hall (1856).

to; to ratify; to enact; to approve as valid and just; as, he passed the bill through the committee; the senate passed the law.

Hence, vested authority to act in a given case; as, the business was referred to a committee with power.

To examine beforehand, as witnesses or evidence. A committee of nine precognoscing the chances. Masson.

sufficient examination; to decide or sentence by anticipation; to condemn beforehand. The committee of council hath prejudged the whole case, by calling the united sense of both houses of Parliament" a universal clamor." Swift.

ercising prudence; discretionary; advisory; superintending or executive; as, a prudential committee.

To commit again; to give back into keeping; specifically, to refer again to a committee; as, to recommit a bill to the same committee.

A second or renewed commitment; a renewed reference to a committee.

s, to refer a student to an author; to refer a beggar to an officer; to refer a bill to a committee; a court refers a matter of fact to a commissioner for investigation, or refers a question of law to a superior tribunal.

A member of a volunteer committee which, in default of the lawful authority, undertakes to preserve order and prevent crimes; also, sometimes, one of a band organized for the comission of violent crimes. [U.S.] A few stood neutral, or declared in favor of the Regulators. Bancroft.

investigate; as, a messenger reports to his employer what he has seen or ascertained; the committee reported progress. There is no man that may reporten all. Chaucer.

resolution or formal vote; -- used only reflexively; as, the house resolved itself into a committee of the whole.

To terminate an official sitting; to adjourn; as, the committee rose after agreeing to the report. It was near nine . . . before the House rose. Macaulay.

An examination by a committee of the votes given at an election, for the purpose of correcting the poll. Brande & C.

y; as, a standing army; legislative bodies have standing rules of proceeding and standing committees.

d; watch. [Obs.] "In at this gate none pass the vigilance here placed." Milton. Vigilance committee, a volunteer committee of citizens for the oversight and protection of any interest, esp. one organized for the summary suppression and punishment of crime, as when the processes of law appear inadequate.…

lar combination of parts; a system. Parts answering parts shall slide into a whole. Pope. Committee of the whole. See under Committee. -- Upon the whole, considering all things; taking everything into account; in view of all the circumstances or conditions.