Indictment

Indictment

An indictment ( /ɪnˈdaɪtmənt/ in-DYT-mənt), in the common law system, is a formal accusation that a person has committed a crime. In jurisdictions that maintain the concept of felonies, the most serious criminal offence is a felony; jurisdictions that lack the concept of felonies often use that of an indictable offence—an offence that requires an indictment.

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Famous quotes containing the word indictment:

    “The indictment had never been clearly expressed,
    And it seemed that the Snark had begun,
    And had spoken three hours, before any one guessed
    What the pig was supposed to have done.”
    —Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson] (1832–1898)

    “I do not know a method of drawing up an indictment against a whole people.”
    —Edmund Burke (1729–1797)