conference committee

A joint meeting of two legislative committees, one from each house of a bicameral legis-lature, usu. charged with adjusting differences in a bill passed by both houses in different versions.

— Also termed committee on conference. See CONFERENCE(2). [Cases: States 34. C.J.S. States §§ 55–58.]

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