Look up: indictment

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   indictment
   [n] - an accusation of wrongdoing 2. [n] - a formal document written for a prosecuting attorney charging a person with some offense
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   indictment
   an accusation...of the commission of an indictable offense made in writing by a grand jury...upon evidence heard by..them..and presented under oath at the instance...of the governement. Category: Law
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   Indictment
   In·dict'ment noun [ Confer Inditement .] 1. The act of indicting, or the state of being indicted. 2. (Law) The formal statement of an offense, as framed by the prosecuting authority of the State, and found by the grand jury. » To the validity of an indictment a finding by the grand jury is essential, while an information rests only on presentation by the prosecutin ...
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   indictment
   bill of indictment noun a formal document written for a prosecuting attorney charging a person with some offense
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   Indictment
   In the common law legal system, an `indictment` is a formal accusation of having committed a criminal offense. In those jurisdictions which retain the concept of a felony, the serious criminal offense would be a felony; those jurisdictions which have abolished the concept of a felony often substitute instead the concept of an indictable offence, i.e. an offence which requires an indictment. Traditionally an indictment was handed up by a grand ju...
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   Indictment
   • (n.) The formal statement of an offense, as framed by the prosecuting authority of the State, and found by the grand jury. • (n.) An accusation in general; a formal accusation. • (n.) The act of indicting, or the state of being indicted.
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   indictment
   in the United States (and, until recently, in England), a formal written accusation of crime affirmed by a grand jury and presented by it to the ... [3 related articles]
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   indictment
   indictment 1. A formal accusation of a serious crime, presented to a grand jury. 2. The action of indicting or accusing, a formal accusation; specifically, in English Law, the legal process in which a formal accusation is preferred to and presented by a Grand Jury. Hence the phrases to bring in or lay an indictment, and (of the Grand Jury) to find an indictme...
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   indictment
   indictment (indīt'munt) , in criminal law, formal written accusation naming specific persons and crimes. Persons suspected of crime may be rendered liable to trial by indictment, by presentment, or by information. An indictment is issued by a grand jury when the jury's investigation is ini...
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