Commit
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TO COMMIT. To send a person to prison by virtue of a warrant or other lawful writ, for the commission of a crime, offence or misdemeanor, or for a contempt, or non-payment of a debt.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier. Published 1856.