committal hearing
Law (now chiefly British and Australian )
noun
A preliminary hearing to determine whether a case should be committed to a higher court for trial.
- In British law, committal hearings in magistrates' courts for trial by jury at the Crown Court were abolished in all local justice areas in 2013..
Origin
Late 19th century.
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