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  • 41indictment for wrongful death — A form of proceeding formerly authorized by statute in some states for the recovery of damages for death by wrongful act. These statutes have been everywhere superseded by laws modeled on Lord Campbell s Act allowing a civil action. 22 Am J2d Dth …

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  • 42Jackie Presser indictment scandal — The Jackie Presser indictment scandal was a legal and political scandal which began on June 1, 1984. The scandal erupted after attorneys with the United States Department of Justice initiated a prosecution of Teamsters President Jackie Presser on …

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  • 43Rasim Delic indictment — Rasim Delic is Bosnian Army general born on 4 February 1949 in Celic in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. From the outset he took up a military career in the Yugoslav army. With the onset of the Bosnian War he joined the Bosnian government… …

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  • 44bill of indictment — see bill 3b Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. bill of indictment …

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  • 45Charges of Indictment — Charges Of Indictment. Studio album by The Dayton Family Released June 21, 2011 …

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  • 46demurrer to indictment — A pleading attacking the sufficiency of an indictment for a defect which appears on the face of the indictment, the failure to state an offense, or the failure to state an offense with the clearness and precision required in an indictment. 27 Am… …

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  • 47substance of indictment — The essential allegations. When an indictment is adjudged to be insufficient in substance, it is because it lacks something essential to make a legal charge of crime. Certain portions of an indictment are formal and some substantial. The… …

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  • 48bill of indictment — noun a formal document written for a prosecuting attorney charging a person with some offense • Syn: ↑indictment • Derivationally related forms: ↑indict (for: ↑indictment) • Hypernyms: ↑legal document, ↑ …

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  • 49murder indictment — noun an indictment charging someone with murder • Syn: ↑murder charge • Hypernyms: ↑indictment, ↑bill of indictment …

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  • 50Bill of indictment — Bill Bill, n. [OE. bill, bille, fr. LL. billa (or OF. bille), for L. bulla anything rounded, LL., seal, stamp, letter, edict, roll; cf. F. bille a ball, prob. fr. Ger.; cf. MHG. bickel, D. bikkel, dice. Cf. {Bull} papal edict, {Billet} a paper.]… …

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