Indictment definition

Indictment means a written statement, presented by a grand jury to the district court, which charges the commission of a crime by an alleged offender.
Indictment means a written charge for an indictable offence presented to a court having jurisdiction to try the accused person by the Attorney-General or other authorised officer.
Indictment means an indictment or an information in any court under which a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding 1 year may be prosecuted.

Examples of Indictment in a sentence

  • My Grandfather’s Gun was Called ‘Field of Children’: Ecological History as Indictment of State Development Policy.


More Definitions of Indictment

Indictment means an indictment for a criminal offense. A presentment, infor- mation, or other filing by a competent authority charging a criminal offense shall be given the same effect as an in- dictment. Ineligible or ineligibility means that a person or commodity is prohibited from covered transactions because of an exclusion or disqualification.
Indictment means a written charge preferred against an accused person in order to the person’s trial before some court other than justices exercising summary jurisdiction.
Indictment means indictment for a criminal offense. Any information or other filing by competent authority charging a criminal offense shall be given the same effect as an indictment.
Indictment means indictment for a criminal offense. An information or other filing by competent authority charging a criminal offense is given the same effect as an indictment.
Indictment means 1 or more of the following:
Indictment means a written charge preferred against an accused person with a view to his trial before the Supreme Court;
Indictment means an information for an indictable offence presented to a court having jurisdiction to try the accused person by the Attorney General, the DPP or other authorised officer;