committeeshipn.1
/kəˈmɪtɪʃɪp/, U.S. /kəˈmɪdiˌʃɪp/ The position or office of a member of a committee, or of a committee as a whole; membership of a committee. Also: the fact or state of having a committee; governance by committee.
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society > authority > delegated authority > action or function of a delegate or deputy > [noun]
legacyc1384
proxy1440
vicarship1534
deputyship1587
attorneyship1598
vicegerentship1600
vicaragea1631
solicitorship1633
agenting1646
committeeship1648
representation1660
proxyship1674
proxyhood1776
surrogacy1811
assigneeship1829
locum tenency1831
delegateship1838
surrogateship1846
repping1910
the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > [noun] > one who looks after > guardian of minor or incapable person > of mentally incapable person > office of
committeeship1648
1648 W. Sheppard Answer Scandalous Aspersions Comm. To Rdr. sig. B Some Committee-men had bought more Lands since they were preferred to their Committeeships then they sold before.
a1674 J. Milton Char. Long Parl. (1681) 7 Trusted with Committeeships and other gainful Offices.
1823 T. Chalmers Christian & Civic Econ. Large Towns II. 21 The arcana of city business and city committeeship.
1849 Sartain's Mag. Jan. 28/1 Those of the ‘great men of the village’..who had been overlooked in the distribution of the honors of committeeship.
1885 Nevada State Jrnl. 15 Apr. 3/2 I was not able even to command my old and favourite foreign committeeship, or my former Smithsonian regentship.
1905 Leslie's Monthly Mag. Feb. 474/1 The regime had changed to a combined committeeship of the club and the manufacturers.
1971 Hist. & Theory 10 332 A standard form of deputation of committeeship was set up.
2013 Daily Mail (Nexis) 6 July Free elections for select committeeships.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
committeeshipn.2
/kɒmɪˈtiːʃɪp/, U.S. /ˌkəmɪˈdiˌʃɪp/, /kəˈmɪdiˌʃɪp/ Chiefly Canadian in later use.
The position or role of a committee (committee n.1 2); legal responsibility for or guardianship of another person or his or her affairs. Now chiefly attributive in committeeship application.
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?1750 Humble Representation Case Mrs. C. Stewart 6 An Application by Mr. Baynes and Penelope his Wife, for the Committeeship of his Estate.
1793 Treat. Equity I. ii. 53 So strictly does the court consider the committeeship a mere authority without any interest.
1812 Examiner 28 Dec. 831/1 A controversy respecting the committeeship of a lunatic.
1847 Digest of Cases 170 in Law Mag. New Ser. 6 In a contest for the committeeship of a lunatic, the party who has had the carriage of the commission is not on that ground entitled to any preference.
1959 Amer. Bar Assoc. Jrnl. May 476/3 In the small estate, guardianship, committeeship or trust, the time the attorney spends is often of more value than that of the stock transferred.
2013 Vancouver Sun (Nexis) 24 Aug. c3 I also have a 53-year-old Down syndrome brother for whom I have committeeship.
2014 Citizen (Prince George, Brit. Columbia) (Nexis) 8 Apr. a3 Pro bono, or no cost, legal assistance..addressing wills..letters of administration, powers of attorney, committeeship applications, probate letters and representation agreements.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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