BILL OF PARTICULARS Definition & Meaning

bill of particulars

noun

Law.

a formal statement prepared by a plaintiff or a defendant itemizing a claim or counterclaim in a suit.
an itemized statement prepared by the prosecution and informing the accused of the charges in a criminal case.

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of bill of particulars¹

First recorded in 1855–60

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The notice was accompanied by an 11-page bill of particulars, but they all boil down to two key purported offenses — that EcoHealth had missed a 2019 deadline for an annual report of its activities to NIH, and that work EcoHealth had funded in China had produced a recombinant version of a virus that grew fast enough to trigger a safety halt in the work.

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After meeting Munger at a dinner party in Omaha in 1959, Buffett — then an ambitious but novice investor — said he quickly realized that there was “only one partner who fit my bill of particulars in every way: Charlie.”

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However, that was only a part of the Democratic bill of particulars.

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The bill of particulars that the committee offers is detailed and devastating.

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It's true that under the 6th Amendment you have a right to know the nature and cause of the accusation, but the defense can file for what's called a "bill of particulars" to learn more about the precise allegations.

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