committal

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: com=mit=tal

CIDE DICTIONARY

committal, n. 

 The act of committing, or the state of being committed; commitment.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

committal, n.
1 the act of committing a person to an institution, esp. prison or a mental hospital.
2 the burial of a dead body.

ROGET THESAURUS

committal

Lawsuit

N lawsuit, suit, action, cause, litigation, suit in law, dispute, citation, arraignment, prosecution, impeachment, accusation, presentment, true bill, indictment, apprehension, arrest, committal, imprisonment, writ, summons, subpoena, latitat, nisi prius, venire, venire facias pleadings, declaration, bill, claim, proces verbal, bill of right, information, corpus delicti, affidavit, state of facts, answer, reply, replication, plea, demurrer, rebutter, rejoinder, surrebutter, surrejoinder, suitor, party to a suit, plaintiff, defendant, litigant, hearing, trial, verdict, appeal, appeal motion, writ of error, certiorari, case, decision, precedent, decided case, reports (legal reference works, see reference books), litigious, qui tam, coram judice, sub judice, pendente lite, adhuc sub judice lis est, accedas ad curiam, transeat in exemplum.