committal for sentence
C2CEFR level
90/100Rarity: very rare
TechnicalRegister
The procedure by which magistrates send a convicted defendant to the Crown Court because their sentencing powers are insufficient.
Given the seriousness of the offending, the magistrates ordered committal for sentence to the Crown Court.
Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.
Get words like committal for sentence on your lock screen, a few a day, with review that makes them stick.
Download on the App Store Lexfall puts a new word on your home and lock screen through widgets, so you learn without opening an app. Free to download. After a free trial, a subscription unlocks every field. Built for iPhone, iOS 15.1 or later.
On a computer?Scan with your iPhone camera.