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Refer :: Refer (v. t.) Hence: To send or direct away; to send or direct elsewhere, as for treatment, aid, information, decision, etc.; to make over, or pass over, to another; as, to refer a student to an author; to refer a beggar to an officer; to refer a bill to a committee; a court refers a matter of fact to a commissioner for investigation, or refers a question of law to a superior tribunal..

Committee :: Committee (n.) One or more persons elected or appointed, to whom any matter or business is referred, either by a legislative body, or by a court, or by any collective body of men acting together..

Report :: Report (v. t.) To bring back, as an answer; to announce in return; to relate, as what has been discovered by a person sent to examine, explore, or investigate; as, a messenger reports to his employer what he has seen or ascertained; the committee reported progress..

On :: On (prep.) In the service of; connected with; of the number of; as, he is on a newspaper; on a committee..

Chairman :: Chairman (n.) The presiding officer of a committee, or of a public or private meeting, or of any organized body..

Standing :: Standing (a.) Established by law, custom, or the like; settled; continually existing; permanent; not temporary; as, a standing army; legislative bodies have standing rules of proceeding and standing committees..

Report :: Report (v. t.) To return or present as the result of an examination or consideration of any matter officially referred; as, the committee reported the bill witth amendments, or reported a new bill, or reported the results of an inquiry..

Rise :: Rise (v.) To terminate an official sitting; to adjourn; as, the committee rose after agreeing to the report..

Pass :: Pass (v. t.) To cause to advance by stages of progress; to carry on with success through an ordeal, examination, or action; specifically, to give legal or official sanction to; to ratify; to enact; to approve as valid and just; as, he passed the bill through the committee; the senate passed the law..

Recommit :: Recommit (v. t.) To commit again; to give back into keeping; specifically, to refer again to a committee; as, to recommit a bill to the same committee..

Judiciary :: "Judiciary (n.) That branch of government in which judicial power is vested; the system of courts of justice in a country; the judges, taken collectively; as, an independent judiciary; the senate committee on the judiciary..

Convener :: Convener (n.) One who calls an assembly together or convenes a meeting; hence, the chairman of a committee or other organized body..

Conference :: Conference (n.) A meeting of the two branches of a legislature, by their committees, to adjust between them..

Committee :: Committee (v. t.) One to whom the charge of the person or estate of another, as of a lunatic, is committed by suitable authority; a guardian..

Regulator :: Regulator (n.) A member of a volunteer committee which, in default of the lawful authority, undertakes to preserve order and prevent crimes; also, sometimes, one of a band organized for the comission of violent crimes..

Resolve :: Resolve (v. i.) To change or convert by resolution or formal vote; -- used only reflexively; as, the house resolved itself into a committee of the whole..

Committeeman :: Committeeman (n.) A member of a committee.

Directory :: Directory (n.) A body of directors; board of management; especially, a committee which held executive power in France under the first republic..

Recommittal :: Recommittal (n.) A second or renewed commitment; a renewed reference to a committee.

Examining :: Examining (a.) Having power to examine; appointed to examine; as, an examining committee..

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