 | Sir Andrew Reed - 1895 - 528 σελίδες
...deposition*! shown to the witness when the affidavit is sworn ana referred to by him in his evidence. An indictment is a written accusation of one or more persons of a crime preferred to, and presented on oath by, a grand jury. The accusation is called a bill when presented... | |
 | William Blackstone (Sir) - 1897 - 838 σελίδες
...presented, must be arraigned upon this inquisitiou, and may dispute the truth of it. II. Indictment. An indictment is a written accusation of one or more...crime or misdemeanor, preferred to, and presented upon oath by a grand jury. Drawing of a Grand Jury. To this end, the sheriff of every county is bound... | |
 | James Cockcroft, David Shephard Garland, Lucius Polk McGehee, Charles Porterfield - 1897 - 1218 σελίδες
...At common law a bill was one of the ancient modes of commencing an action.* Criminal Law. — A bill is a written accusation of one or more persons, of a crime or misdemeanor, lawfully presented to a grand jury.3 in Equity. — The term "bill" alone is frequently used as the... | |
 | 1897 - 842 σελίδες
...McCulloch's Commercial Dictionary. BILL OF INDEMNITY: see INDEMNITY, ACT OF: ABJURATION. BILL OF INDICTMENT: a written accusation of one or more persons of a crime or misdemeanor lawfully presented to a grand jury. If twelve or more members of the jury shall be satisfied that on... | |
 | 1898 - 604 σελίδες
...(a.) Indictment. (in-ditfrnent,) n. [Lat. in, aod dico, I speak against.] (Law.) A written accuuttfun of one or more persons, of a crime or misdemeanor, preferred to, aod preseDted npoo oath by a grand jury. Indictments inust have a precise and sufficient certainty.... | |
 | William Blackstone, William Cyrus Sprague - 1899 - 570 σελίδες
...of matters relating to the crown upon evidence laid before them. Indictment — Grand Jury. II. An indictment is a written accusation of one or more persons of a crime or misdemeanour preferred to, and presented upon oath by, a grand jury. To this end the sheriff of every... | |
 | Seymour Frederick Harris - 1899 - 636 σελίδες
...out the cause of death. The accused is afterwards arraigned upon the inquisition («). An Indietment is a written accusation of one or more persons of a crime, preferred to, and presented on oath by, a grand jury. It lies for all treasons and felonies, for misprisions... | |
 | Henry Woldmar Ruoff - 1900 - 708 σελίδες
...indented ; now the name usually given to deeds, although indenting is no longer essential. Indictment. A written accusation of one or more persons, of a...preferred to, and presented on oath, by a grand jury. Indorsement. Anything written on the back of a deed or other instrument ; such as a bill of exchange.... | |
 | Lewis Slifer Shimmell - 1900 - 180 σελίδες
...charges, burdens, obstructs, or impairs the use of an estate in land, or prevents or impairs its transfer. Indictment is a written accusation of one or more...a crime or misdemeanor, preferred to and presented upon oath by a grand jury. Injunction is a judicial process, operating in personam, and requiring the... | |
 | Walter A. Shumaker, George Foster Longsdorf - 1901 - 1016 σελίδες
...qualified, as by failure to take the oath of office, etc. Abbott; Wharton. BILL OF INDICTMENT. In practice. A written accusation of one or more persons of a crime or misdemeanor, lawfully presented to a grand jury. See "Indictment." BILL OF INFORMATION. In equity practice. One... | |
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An indictment is a written accusation of one or more persons of a crime or misdemeanor, preferred to, and presented upon oath by, a grand jury. 
