committee of the whole Hear it!

committee of the whole definition

☆ committee of the whole

a committee comprising all the members of a legislative body, etc. under more informal rules than those used in a regular session

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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