Legal Definition and Related Resources of Commit

To do a wrongful act; to send a person to prison by virtue of lawful authority for a crime committed by that person. The term also denotes the act of judicial pronouncement of a magistrate whereby a person charged with an offence is ordered to stand trial before a court . To make a commitment.

(Entrust), verb

• allot
• assign
• authorize
• charge
• charge with
• commission
• confer a trust
• confide
• consign
• convey
• delegate
• employ
• empower
• engage
• grant authority to
• invest
• invest with power
• make responsible for
• put an obligation upon
• put in the hands of
• relegate to
• trust
• turn over to
• vest in

(Institutionalize), verb

• arrest
• coniine
• consign
• constrain
• deliver into custody
• enthrall
• hold in constraint
• hold in restraint
• immure
• impound
• imprison
• incarcerate
• intern
• jail
• lock up
• place in confinement
• put in custody
• recommit to custody
• remand to custody
• remit to custody
• restrain
• send to an asylum
• send to jail
• send to prison
• Associated Concepts: commit to a hospital
• commit to a mental institution
• commit to prison
• committing magistrate

(Perpetrate), verb

• accomplish
• achieve
• act
• act on
• administer
• apply oneself to
• be a participator in
• be a party to
• be an accomplice
• be engaged in
• be engrossed in
• bring about
• bring to pass
• carry into execution
• carry on
• carry out
• carry through
• complete
• consummate
• discharge
• discharge the duties of
• effect
• employ oneself
• execute
• finish
• fulfill
• go through with
• inflict
• occupy oneself with
• operate
• participate in
• perform
• realize
• transact
• Associated Concepts: commit an offense against the United States

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Meaning of Commit in the U.S. Legal System

Definition of Commit published by the National Association for Court Management: To send a person to prison, asylum, or reformatory by a court order.

Meaning of Commit (to) in Spanish

Description/ translation of commit (to) into Spanish: 1) to commit to trial: (in the law of England and Wales/ en el derecho de Inglaterra y Gales), resolución que adopta el Magistrates’ Court en casos de indictable-only o either-way offences tras la preliminary hearing, cuando estima que existe base para procesa al imputado. (SUG) orden de procesamiento; auto de procesamiento, dictar auto de procesamiento;[1]

Note: for more information on related terms and on the area of law where commit (to) belongs (criminal procedure law), in Spanish, see here.

Notes and References

1. Translation of Commit (to) published by Antonio Peñaranda

Meaning of Commit (to) in Spanish

Description/ translation of commit (to) into Spanish: 2) (in the law of the United States/ en el derecho de los Estados Unidos) to commit o to commit to prison: internar, privar de libertad; ordenar el ingreso en prisión; civil commitment proceedings: (SUG) actuaciones, trámites para internar a una persona en un centro de salud mental internamiento (actuaciones civiles con objeto de obtener el internamiento en medio hospitalario del enfermo mental o del delincuente potencialmente peligroso (para sí mismo o para los demás); involuntary commitment to a mental hospital: internamiento forzoso en hospital; involuntary civil commitment: orden de internamiento (forzoso) en un centro de salud mental [1]

Note: for more information on related terms and on the area of law where commit (to) belongs (criminal procedure law), in Spanish, see here.

Notes and References

1. Translation of Commit (to) published by Antonio Peñaranda

Meaning of Commit (to) in Spanish

Description/ translation of commit (to) into Spanish: 3) to commit for sentence: (in the law of England and Wales/ en el derecho de Inglaterra y Gales) traslado de la causa por el Magistrates’ Court al Crown’s Court para que éste dicte sentencia, cuando la pena que corresponda excede de la competencia de los Magistrates. (SUG) traslado (de la causa) para sentencia[1]

Note: for more information on related terms and on the area of law where commit (to) belongs (criminal procedure law), in Spanish, see here.

Notes and References

1. Translation of Commit (to) published by Antonio Peñaranda