indictable

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Under English and Welsh law, a citizen's arrest can only be used for an "indictable" offence - a serious crime tried at the Crown Court.

From BBC • Jun. 14, 2025

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

Finally, after a picture of a monkey stealing a pear proved to be an indictable offense, the subject was abandoned as being altogether too expensive a luxury.

From The History of the Nineteenth Century in Caricature by Cooper, Frederic Taber