bill of indictment
Example Sentences
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At the request of the prosecution, a second charge of causing her death by careless driving was added to the bill of indictment, which he pleaded guilty to.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2024
Fairfax County Police Chief Kevin Davis wrote an internal message Monday informing the department that the grand jury did not return a true bill of indictment in Shifflett’s case.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 18, 2023
In New York state, a grand jury returns a true bill of indictment if a bare majority — 12 of the 23 sitting jurors — believes there’s enough evidence to proceed to a criminal trial.
From The Verge ● Mar. 13, 2019
They have focused mostly on the unsustainable costs of college, but the spectacle of timid moral self-indulgence also deserves a place on the bill of indictment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2015
At the next sessions for the City of London a bill of indictment against him, for high treason, was laid before the grand jury.
From The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 4 by Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay
