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v

  1. To do; perpetrate.
  2. To order a personÂ’s placement in, or to send a person to, a hospital, mental health facility, prison, or similar institution, especially pursuant to court order.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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