English · Idiom Historical

Judicial Committee

Preserved but no longer current.

Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

A committee of the Privy Council and the final court of appeal in the British Empire, except in Great Britain itself.

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

Một ủy ban của Hội đồng riêng và tòa án phúc thẩm cuối cùng của Đế quốc Anh

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Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)

Sources & notes

Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.

Topics: Historical slang (1800s)

Common questions

What does “Judicial Committee” mean?

A committee of the Privy Council and the final court of appeal in the British Empire, except in Great Britain itself.

Is “Judicial Committee” formal or informal?

No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.

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