indictable

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But Whitaker appeared to adopt the state’s arguments that the new act actually creates stronger defenses for discretion than an older section of state law, which requires a district attorney “to prosecute all indictable offenses.”

From Seattle Times • Sep. 22, 2023

Mr. Houston had faced one count of concealing a serious indictable offense for another person.

From New York Times • Aug. 17, 2023

“Can say as a prosecutor this would be an indictable case etc.”

From Reuters • May 22, 2023

Wearing military garb after you've left the service isn't indictable, neither is using military slang, and neither is singlemindedness to the point of being blind to what you're really doing.

From Salon • Jun. 11, 2022

In all counties and many boroughs the justices of the peace sit quarterly or oftener under the commission of the peace to try the minor indictable offences.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" by Various