committee of the whole house
1Committee of the whole house — Committee Com*mit tee, n. [Cf. OF. comit[ e] company, and LL. comitatus jurisdiction or territory of a count, county, assize, army. The word was apparently influenced by the verb commit, but not directly formed from it. Cf. {County}.] One or more …
2Committee of the whole House — ► Committee of the whole House the whole House of Commons when sitting as a committee. Main Entry: ↑committee …
3Committee of the Whole House — United Kingdom This article is part of the series: Politics and government of the United Kingdom …
4committee of the whole house — see committee of the whole * * * Committee of the whole House The House of Commons or other legislative body, when it resolves itself into a committee with chairman, etc • • • Main Entry: ↑committee …
5Committee of the Whole House — noun Parliamentary Procedure a committee consisting of all the members of a house of parliament for the purpose of discussing and voting upon details of a proposal before the house. See committee stage. Also, Committee of the Whole …
6committee of the whole — committee of the whole: the whole membership of a legislative house (as the House of Representatives) sitting as a committee and operating under informal parliamentary rules – called also Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union;… …
7Committee of the Whole — A Committee of the Whole is a device in which a legislative body or other deliberative assembly is considered one large committee. All members of the legislative body are members of such a committee. This is usually done for the purposes of… …
8Committee of the Whole (United States House of Representatives) — In the United States House of Representatives, the Committee of the Whole, short for Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, is a parliamentary device in which the House of Representatives is considered one large congressional… …
9committee of the whole — or committee of the whole house : a committee consisting of the whole membership of a legislative house and operating with its own chairman under informal and flexible rules for the purpose of considering a particular measure or some special… …
10committee of the whole — Date: 1775 the whole membership of a legislative house sitting as a committee and operating under informal rules …
