BILL OF INDICTMENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bill of indictment mean? 

• BILL OF INDICTMENT (noun)
  The noun BILL OF INDICTMENT has 1 sense:

1. a formal document written for a prosecuting attorney charging a person with some offense

  Familiarity information: BILL OF INDICTMENT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BILL OF INDICTMENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A formal document written for a prosecuting attorney charging a person with some offense

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

bill of indictment; indictment

Hypernyms ("bill of indictment" is a kind of...):

instrument; legal document; legal instrument; official document ((law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right)

Meronyms (parts of "bill of indictment"):

charge; complaint ((criminal law) a pleading describing some wrong or offense)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bill of indictment"):

murder charge; murder indictment (an indictment charging someone with murder)

true bill (an indictment endorsed by a grand jury)