Definition of indict

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Indict (v. t.) To appoint publicly or by authority; to proclaim or announce.

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Endict :: Endict (v. t.) See Indict.
Vengeful :: Vengeful (a.) Vindictive; retributive; revengeful.
Indicter :: Indicter (n.) One who indicts.
Duplicity :: Duplicity (n.) In indictments, the union of two incompatible offenses..
Prosecution :: Prosecution (n.) The institution, or commencement, and continuance of a criminal suit; the process of exhibiting formal charges against an offender before a legal tribunal, and pursuing them to final judgment on behalf of the state or government, as by indictment or information..
Vindictive :: Vindictive (a.) Punitive.
Misnomer :: Misnomer (n.) The misnaming of a person in a legal instrument, as in a complaint or indictment; any misnaming of a person or thing; a wrong or inapplicable name or title..
Lay :: Lay (v. t.) To present or offer; as, to lay an indictment in a particular county; to lay a scheme before one..
Indiction :: Indiction (n.) A cycle of fifteen years.
Revengeful :: Revengeful (a.) Full of, or prone to, revenge; vindictive; malicious; revenging; wreaking revenge..
Indictee :: Indictee (n.) A person indicted.
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..
Indictor :: Indictor (n.) One who indicts.
Present :: Present (a.) To bring an indictment against .
Indictment :: Indictment (n.) An accusation in general; a formal accusation.
Indict :: Indict (v. t.) To charge with a crime, in due form of law, by the finding or presentment of a grand jury; to find an indictment against; as, to indict a man for arson. It is the peculiar province of a grand jury to indict, as it is of a house of representatives to impeach..
Indite :: Indite (v. t.) To indict; to accuse; to censure.
Quash :: Quash (v. t.) To abate, annul, overthrow, or make void; as, to quash an indictment..
Libel :: Libel (n.) A malicious publication expressed either in print or in writing, or by pictures, effigies, or other signs, tending to expose another to public hatred, contempt, or ridicule. Such publication is indictable at common law..
Venire Facias :: Venire facias () A writ in the nature of a summons to cause the party indicted on a penal statute to appear. Called also venire.
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