Judicial Committee
Preserved but no longer current.
Meaning · English
A committee of the Privy Council and the final court of appeal in the British Empire, except in Great Britain itself.
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.
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.