Ignoramus - Law Dictionary Search Results

Home Dictionary Name: ignoramus

Ignoramus (we are ignorant). The word formerly written on a bill of indictment by a grant jury when they rejected it: the phrase now used is: 'not a true bill,' or 'not found'; or the jury are said to 'ignore' the bill....

bill

bill 1 : a draft of a law presented to a legislature for enactment ;also : the law itself [the GI ] ap·pro·pri·a·tions bill [ə-prō-prē-ā-shənz-] : a bill providing money for government expenses and programs NOTE: Appropriations bills originate in the House of Representatives. bill of attainder 1 : a legislative act formerly permitted that attainted a person and imposed a sentence of death without benefit of a judicial trial see also attainder compare bill of pains and penalties in this entry 2 : a legislative act that imposes any punishment on a named or implied individual or group without a trial NOTE: Bills of attainder are prohibited by Article I of the U.S. Constitution. bill of pains and penalties : a legislative act formerly permitted that imposed a punishment less severe than death without benefit of a judicial trial compare bill of attainder in this entry NOTE: The term bill of attainder is often used to include bills of p...

dolt

A heavy stupid fellow a blockhead a numskull an ignoramus a dunce a dullard...

Ignoramus

We are ignorant we ignore being the word formerly written on a bill of indictment by a grand jury when there was not sufficient evidence to warrant them in finding it a true bill The phrase now used is ldquoNo billrdquo ldquoNo true billrdquo or ldquoNot foundrdquo though in some jurisdictions ldquoIgnoredrdquo is still used...

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