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Definition of Indict
1. Verb. Accuse formally of a crime. "They want to indict the prisoners "
Definition of Indict
1. v. t. To write; to compose; to dictate; to indite.
Definition of Indict
1. Verb. To accuse of wrongdoing; charge. ¹
2. Verb. (legal) To make a formal accusation or indictment against (a party) by the findings of a jury, especially a grand jury. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Indict
1. to charge with a crime [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Indict
Literary usage of Indict
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Digest of the Laws of England by John Comyns, Anthony Hammond (1822)
"Abr. indict. I. 2 Hawk. c. 25. s. 12O. — 21. Though possibly the caption may be
supported by reference to the venue in the margin. Ibid, l Chit. CL 328. ..."
2. A Dictionary of Christian Biography, Literature, Sects and Doctrines: Being by William Smith, Henry Wace (1882)
"(Greg. Magn. Epist. lib. ii. indict, x. 49; lib. iii. indict, xi. ... Epist. lib.
x. indict, iii. 6, 7 in Migne, ..."
3. A Select Library of Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church ...by Philip Schaff, Henry Wace by Philip Schaff, Henry Wace (1892)
"Ap. ; Epact xvn ; Gods, vi ; indict, vii. But because the Romans refused, for
they said they held a tradition from the Apostle Peter not to pass the ..."
4. A Brief for the Trial of Criminal Cases by Austin Abbott, William Constantine Beecher (1902)
"For failure to indict. 3. For delay of trial. 2. For former jeopardy. 1.
For failure to indict. The accused may be discharged on motion, if the grand jury ..."
5. A Practical and Elementary Abridgment of the Cases Argued and Determined in by Elisha Hammond, Charles Petersdorff (1831)
"... for a malicious prosecution against the defendant, for having indict-' 14.
... on the case was brought by husband and wife for maliciously indict- ..."
6. A Treatise on Criminal Pleading and Practice by Francis Wharton (1889)
"A grand jury, it seems, may of their own knowledge indict a person committing
perjury before them. State v. Terry, 30 Mo. 368. ..."
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