BILL OF INDICTMENT (or Indictment): A written legal document that accuses a person of a crime.
BILL OF COSTS: An itemized statement of authorized allowances and expenses that can be charged to the unsuccessful party of a lawsuit.
BILL OF INDICTMENT. A written accusation of one or more persons, of a crime or misdemeanor, lawfully presented to a grand jury, convoked, to consider whether there is sufficient evidence of the charge contained therein to put the accused on trial.
An indictment is issued by a grand jury when the jury's investigation is initiated by the public prosecutor's presentment of a bill of indictment.
A term that the foreman of the grand jury writes across the face of a bill of indictment (a document drawn up by a prosecutor that states formal criminal charges against a designated individual) to indicate that the criminal charges alleged therein ...
The written words which are endorsed on the bill of indictment by the jury indicating , ...
Definition
: a bill returned by a grand jury that has determined the evidence in a bill of indictment to be insufficient to warrant prosecution
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: the finding of the grand jury that the evidence is insufficient ...
true bill The endorsement made by a grand jury upon a bill of indictment, when the grand jurors find it sustained by the evidence and are satisfied with the truth of the accusation.
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 See also: Jury, Indictment, Trial, Evidence, Law
  
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