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true bill:
n. (18c)
1. A grand jury‘s notation that a criminal charge should go before a petty jury for trial <the grand jury returned a true bill, and the state prepared to prosecute>. — aka billa vera. [1]
1. An indictment found by the concurrence of the requisite number of grand jurors, as indicated by the indorsement of the words “true bill” on the instrument. 27 Am J1st Indict § 30. [2]
1. An indorsement that a grand jury enters on a bill of indictment when it indicts a criminal defendant. [3]
true-bill:
vb. (1887)
1. To make or deliver a true bill on <the grand jury true-billed the indictment>. [1]
References:
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[1]: Black’s Law Dictionary Deluxe Tenth Edition by Henry Campbell Black & Editor in Chief Bryan A. Garner. ISBN: 978-0-314-62130-6
[2]: Ballantine’s Law Dictionary with Pronunciations
Third Edition by James A. Ballantine (James Arthur 1871-1949). Edited by William S. Anderson. © 1969 by THE LAWYER’S CO-OPERATIVE PUBLISHING COMPANY. Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 68-30931
[3]: Ballantine’s Law Dictionary Legal Assistant Edition
by Jack Ballantine (James Arthur 1871-1949). Doctored by Jack G. Handler, J.D. © 1994 Delmar by Thomson Learning. ISBN 0-8273-4874-6.
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