COMMITTEE

Committee

A committee is a type of small deliberative assembly that is usually intended to remain subordinate to another, larger deliberative assembly—which when organized so that action on committee requires a vote by all its entitled members, is called the "Committee of the Whole". Committees often serve several different functions:

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committee

Noun

  1. a group of persons convened for the accomplishment of some specific purpose, typically with formal protocols
  2. a guardian; someone in charge of another person deemed to be unable to look after himself or herself.


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