Indict(v. t.) To write; to compose; to dictate; to indite.
Indict(v. t.) To appoint publicly or by authority; to proclaim or announce.
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.
Indictable(a.) Capable of being, or liable to be, indicted; subject to indictment; as, an indictable offender or offense.
Indicted(imp. & p. p.) of Indict
Indicter(n.) One who indicts.
Indicting(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Indict
Indiction(n.) Declaration; proclamation; public notice or appointment.
Indiction(n.) A cycle of fifteen years.
Indictive(a.) Proclaimed; declared; public.
Indictment(n.) The act of indicting, or the state of being indicted.
Indictment(n.) The formal statement of an offense, as framed by the prosecuting authority of the State, and found by the grand jury.
Indictment(n.) An accusation in general; a formal accusation.
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