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A criminal charge, typically for a lesser offense, that is filed by a prosecutor without resorting to a grand jury.

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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