Indict - Law Dictionary Search Results
warrant
warrant issued by a judge for the arrest of a person who is in contempt of court or indicted death warrant : a warrant issued to a warden or other prison official to carry out a sentence
multiplicitous
multiplicitous : giving rise to or resulting from multiplicity [a indictment] [they are not charges]
Bench warrant
process issued by a presiding judge or by a court against a person guilty of some contempt or indicted for some crime so called in distinction from a justices warrant
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Eavesdropping
meet for private intercourse secretly listening to what is said and then tattling it abroad The offense is indictable at common law
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
Misnomer
The misnaming of a person in a legal instrument as in a complaint or indictment any misnaming of a person or thing a wrong or inapplicable name or title
Plea
be either dismissed delayed or barred In criminal practice the plea is the defendants formal answer to the indictment or information presented against him
Accessary, or Accessory
accessories:-By the (English) Accessories and Abettors Act, 1861, an accessory before the fact to any felony may be indicted, tried, convicted, and punished in all respects as if he were a principal felon, and an accessory after
Accused
has been subjected to actual restraints on liberty through an arrest or a person against whom a formal indictment or information has been returned, Black Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 22. Person charged with crime, commonly called
plea
plea in abatement in this entry 2 a : an accused party's answer to a criminal charge or indictment b : a plea of guilty 3 : an earnest entreaty
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