Definition of Indictment

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Indictment

The act of indicting, or the state of being indicted.

The formal statement of an offense, as framed by the prosecuting authority of the State, and found by the grand jury.

An accusation in general; a formal accusation.

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Indictment Quotations

Job's forthright indictment of the injustice of this world is surely right. The ways of the world are weird and much more unpredictable than either scientists or theologians generally make things look.
Walter Kaufmann

An indictment is not a conviction.
Howard Coble

And that was what I was asking to happen and I was told that the indictment would be signed, but I was coming to the end of my one-year contract, I had to return to New Zealand for personal reasons.
Tony Greig

You have to understand that once an indictment has been signed, all countries that are signature to the U.N. charter will hand a person straight over. You don't have to go through the normal extradition process.
Tony Greig

For if you do, then shouldn't we blame the whole fraternity system? And if the whole fraternity system is guilty, then isn't this an indictment of our educational institutions in general? I put it to you, Greg - isn't this an indictment of our entire American society?
Tim Matheson

Indictments of any kind are serious. That being said, let's not forget that an indictment is not a conviction. We still have due process in this country.
Rob Simmons

With Jack Abramoff under indictment, a number of readers have suggested that now he might flip and try to offer the feds some figures higher up the food-chain.
Joshua Micah Marshall

The indictment, in a lot of ways, that was the turning point.
Jeffrey Skilling

My lord, I have some matter of law relating to the indictment, and I desire counsel to speak to it.
William Kidd

Indictment Translations

indictment in Dutch is aanklacht, beschuldiging
indictment in German is Anklage {f}
indictment in Norwegian is tiltale
indictment in Swedish is anklagelseskrift, anklagelse

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