Law. [f. COMMIT v. + -OR in its specialized sense as the correlative of -EE.] A judge (usually the Lord Chancellor) who commits a lunatic or idiot to the charge of another (the committee: see COMMITTEE 2).
1837. in Rep. Prisons, W. Ind. (1838). 17. There are four books kept; the 1st contains the names of prisoners for trial, date of their arrival; crime; the court tried at; sentence, and when passed; committor; remarks which state when discharged.
