Indictment in Europe
Definition of Indictment
A written accusation of one or more persons of a crime, presented on oath by a grand jury. Indictments were highly technical in form, but the Indictments Act, 1915, provided that particulars should be set out in ordinary language in which the use of technical terms should not be necessary. The indictment is preferred (i. e., laid before) the grand jury as a bill and must be found by them a ” true bill.
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Definition of Indictment is, temporally, from A Concise Law Dictionary (1927). This page needs to be proofread.
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