| 单词 | commitment order |
| 释义 | > as lemmascommitment order commitment order n. (a) a warrant (typically issued by a court or judge) to hold or detain a person in custody; = mittimus n. 1b; (b) U.S. a court order requiring the admission of a person to a psychiatric hospital for treatment. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > process, writ, warrant, or order > [noun] > writ > writ to receive prisoner into custody mittimus1591 commitment order1850 1850 Episcopal Recorder 19 Jan. 179/4 When you marry, get a clergyman... The registry of your vows, instead of being written among..assault and battery cases, and commitment orders.., will be kept fresh and interesting..by Him who ‘answereth prayer’. 1853 Essex Standard 7 Oct. Action upon a former judgment, and defendant not appearing, a commitment order for 30 days was made out. 1883 St. Louis Globe-Democrat 27 Apr. 4/2 The bill..proposes to authorize every Justice of the Peace to issue commitment orders; to authorize transfers without notice and without record from one asylum to another; [etc.]. 1932 Scotsman 11 Aug. 6/4 Winterbottom..was arrested on a commitment order made by Windsor Magistrates. [He] was fined £30..recently, and the commitment order was the result of his failure to pay the fine. 1982 Kokomo (Indiana) Tribune 9 Aug. 8/1 District Judge Barrington D. Parker, finding Hinckley to be mentally ill and dangerous, read his commitment order from the bench. 2004 J. Katzenbach Madman’s Tale (2005) iv. 81 The hospital could renew the court orders as long as..you continued to be a threat to yourself or others. So a thirty-day commitment order could easily become a twenty-year stay. < as lemmas |
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