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Also known as: presentment, true bill

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Last Updated: Mar 26, 2024 • Article History

Category: History & Society

Also called:: presentment or true bill

Key People:: Patrick Fitzgerald

Related Topics:: arraignment; charge

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indictment, in the United States, a formal written accusation of crime affirmed by a grand jury and presented by it to a court for trial of the accused. The grand jury system was eliminated in England in 1933, and current law there provides for a bill of indictment to be presented to the court when the person accused has been committed to trial by a magistrate and in certain other cases. An indictment must establish the jurisdiction of the court to try the case, provide adequate notice to the defendants of the charges against them, enable the court to pronounce ...(100 of 696 words)

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