Definisjon av indictment

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Noun

indictment - a formal document written for a prosecuting attorney charging a person with some offense
bill of indictment
legal document, legal instrument, official document, instrument (law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right
complaint, charge (civil law) the first pleading of the plaintiff setting out the facts on which the claim for relief is based
murder charge, murder indictment an indictment charging someone with murder
indictment - an accusation of wrongdoing; "the book is an indictment of modern philosophy"
accusal, accusation an assertion that someone is guilty of a fault or offence; "the newspaper published charges that Jones was guilty of drunken driving"
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  • legal system, an indictment is a formal accusation that a person has committed a crime. In those jurisdictions which retain the concept of a felony, the serious criminal offence would be a felony; those jurisdictions which have abolished the concept of a felony often substitute the concept of an indictable offence, i.e. an offence which requires an indictment.

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  • Entall: indictment
  • Flertall: indictments

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