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The following 6 entries include the term Committee of.
committee of the whole
noun phrase: the whole membership of a legislative house sitting as a committee and operating under informal rules
committee of correspondence
: a body established by various towns or assemblies of the American colonies to exchange information with each other, mold public opinion, and take joint action against the British
committee of one
: a person delegated to perform the duties of a committee
committee of selection
: a legislative committee empowered to assign members to committee posts
committee of supply
: a committee of the whole house in a British parliament for the purpose of considering and voting the ordinary state expenditure of the year
Judicial Committee of the Privy Council
: a committee of the British Privy Council composed of leading jurists usually from Great Britain and occasionally from Commonwealth countries that acts as the highest court of appeal from British colonies and from some of the nations of the Commonwealth
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