Civil commitment has increasingly served as a court-based legal intervention for severe opioid use, but little research has examined the civil commitment (CC) hearing process from the perspective of the person who is committed. Despite documented gender differences in opioid use and experiences within...
or order by which a court or magistrate directs a ministerial officer to take a person to prison. The commitment is either for further hearing, (q.v.) or it is final. 2. The formal requisites of the commitment are, 1st. that it be in writing, under hand, and seal, and show the...
She argues the circuit court lacked personal jurisdiction to hold a hearing and lacked authority to enter a default order in a commitment proceeding, and the orders were based upon reports of doctors who never met her nor testified at the recommitment hearing, rendering the supporting evidence ins...
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9 RegisterLog in Sign up with one click: Facebook Twitter Google Share on Facebook civil commitment Involuntary hospitalization, see there. McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Want to thank TFD for its existence?Tell a friend about us...
Also found in: Medical. civil commitment civil commitment or involuntary commitment, process by which a court determines whether or not to order an individual to receive treatment or care or be confined. A person may be committed after a hearing if a court finds that an individual has a ...
“Confirmation Hearing” means the hearing held by the Bankruptcy Court pursuant to Section 1128 of the Bankruptcy Code to consider confirmation of the Plan, as such hearing may be adjourned or continued from time to time with the consent of the Requisite Commitment Parties. “Confirmation Order”...
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8.Following completion of the hearing, each party may submit to the other party and the arbitrator(s) a post-hearing brief in support of its proposed rulings and remedies, provided that such brief shall not contain or discuss any new evidence. The arbitrator(s) shall rule on each disputed...
A need for greater diversity in the legal profession came into the spotlight recently as a black barrister shared her experience of beingmistaken for a defendant three timesin a single day at court.