Definition of indict

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Indict (v. t.) To write; to compose; to dictate; to indite.

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Vindictive :: Vindictive (a.) Disposed to revenge; prompted or characterized by revenge; revengeful.
Indiction :: Indiction (n.) A cycle of fifteen years.
Vengeful :: Vengeful (a.) Vindictive; retributive; revengeful.
Indictment :: Indictment (n.) An accusation in general; a formal accusation.
Indictment :: Indictment (n.) The act of indicting, or the state of being indicted..
Eavesdropping :: Eavesdropping (n.) The habit of lurking about dwelling houses, and other places where persons meet fro private intercourse, secretly listening to what is said, and then tattling it abroad. The offense is indictable at common law..
Caption :: Caption (n.) That part of a legal instrument, as a commission, indictment, etc., which shows where, when, and by what authority, it was taken, found, or executed..
Count :: Count (v. t.) A formal statement of the plaintiff's case in court; in a more technical and correct sense, a particular allegation or charge in a declaration or indictment, separately setting forth the cause of action or prosecution..
Indiction :: Indiction (n.) Declaration; proclamation; public notice or appointment.
Arraignment :: Arraignment (n.) The act of arraigning, or the state of being arraigned; the act of calling and setting a prisoner before a court to answer to an indictment or complaint..
Indicting :: Indicting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Indic.
Vindicative :: Vindicative (a.) Revengeful; vindictive.
Information :: Information (v. t.) A proceeding in the nature of a prosecution for some offens against the government, instituted and prosecuted, really or nominally, by some authorized public officer on behalt of the government. It differs from an indictment in criminal cases chiefly in not being based on the finding of a grand juri. See Indictment..
Endict :: Endict (v. t.) See Indict.
Present :: Present (a.) To lay before a public body, or an official, for consideration, as before a legislature, a court of judicature, a corporation, etc.; as, to present a memorial, petition, remonstrance, or indictment..
Indictable :: Indictable (a.) Capable of being, or liable to be, indicted; subject to indictment; as, an indictable offender or offense..
Conclusion :: Conclusion (n.) The end or close of a pleading, e.g., the formal ending of an indictment, against the peace, etc..
Oath :: Oath (n.) An appeal (in verification of a statement made) to a superior sanction, in such a form as exposes the party making the appeal to an indictment for perjury if the statement be false..
Detainer :: Detainer (n.) The keeping possession of what belongs to another; detention of what is another's, even though the original taking may have been lawful. Forcible detainer is indictable at common law..
Indictee :: Indictee (n.) A person indicted.
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