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indictment definition - legal

n

  1. A charge made by a grand jury against a defendant.
  2. The process of making such a charge.

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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