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accusation definition - legal

n

  1. A formal charge of criminal wrongdoing against a person or corporation. See also indictment, information and presentment.
  2. An informal charge that one has committed an illegal, immoral, or otherwise wrongful act.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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