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bill of indictment

noun

Law.
  1. a written accusation submitted to a grand jury for its decision.


bill of indictment

noun

  1. criminal law a formal document accusing a person or persons of crime, formerly presented to a grand jury for certification as a true bill but now signed by a court official
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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At the request of the prosecution, a second charge of causing her death by careless driving was added to the bill of indictment, which he pleaded guilty to.

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No doubt that too would have become a new charge in the critics' bill of indictment against the West.

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Yet in Deneen's bill of indictment, the social consequences of Republican policies were somehow the fault of liberals.

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The term ignoramus was written on bills of indictment when the evidence presented seemed insufficient to justify prosecution.

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The bill of indictment lists six accusations against the accused, including voluntary homicide, the possession and detonation of an explosive, as well as forming part of a criminal organisation.

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