INDICTMENT

Indictment

An indictment, in the common law system, is a formal accusation that a person has committed a crime. In jurisdictions that maintain the concept of felonies, the most serious criminal offence is a felony; jurisdictions that lack the concept of felonies often use that of an indictable offence—an offence that requires an indictment.

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indictment

Noun

  1. An official formal accusation for a criminal offence, or the process by which it is brought to a jury.
  2. The official legal document outlining the charges concerned.
  3. An accusation of wrongdoing; a criticism or condemnation.


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