{"id":13721,"date":"2018-02-12T03:58:25","date_gmt":"2018-02-12T03:58:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=13721"},"modified":"2018-02-12T03:58:52","modified_gmt":"2018-02-12T03:58:52","slug":"true-bill-an-indorsement-that-a-grand-jury-enters-onto-a-bill-of-indictment-when-it-indicts-a-criminal-defendant-by-writing-true-bill-on-the-bill-the-determation-that-a-criminal-charge-should","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=13721","title":{"rendered":"True Bill – an indorsement that a grand jury enters onto a bill of indictment when it indicts a criminal defendant; by writing “true bill” on the bill, the determination that a criminal charge should go before a petty jury for trial is officially indorsed by the grand jury"},"content":{"rendered":"

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true bill<\/span>:<\/span><\/strong>
\nn<\/em>. (18c)<\/span><\/p>\n

1. A grand jury<\/a>‘s notation that a criminal charge should go before a petty jury<\/a> for trial<\/strong> <the grand jury returned a true bill, and the state prepared to prosecute>.<\/strong> \u2014 aka billa vera<\/strong><\/em><\/span>. [1]<\/span><\/p>\n

1. An indictment<\/a> found by the concurrence of the requisite number of grand jurors, as indicated by the indorsement<\/a> of the words “true bill” on the instrument<\/a>. 27 Am J1st Indict \u00a7 30<\/span>.<\/strong> [2]<\/span><\/p>\n

1. An indorsement<\/a><\/span> that a grand jury<\/a> enters on a bill of indictment<\/a> when it indicts a criminal defendant.<\/strong> [3]<\/span><\/p>\n

true-bill<\/span>:<\/span><\/strong>
\nvb<\/em>. (1887)<\/span><\/p>\n

1. To make or deliver a true bill on<\/strong> <the grand jury true-billed the indictment>.<\/strong> [1]<\/span><\/p>\n

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[1]: Black\u2019s Law Dictionary\u00a0Deluxe Tenth Edition\u00a0by Henry Campbell Black & Editor in Chief Bryan A. Garner<\/a>. ISBN: 978-0-314-62130-6<\/b><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[2]: Ballantine\u2019s Law Dictionary\u00a0<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/strong>with Pronunciations
\n<\/b><\/span><\/em>Third Edition<\/b><\/span><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>by James A. Ballantine\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/strong>(James Arthur 1871-1949).\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/em>Edited by William S. Anderson.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a9 1969 by THE LAWYER\u2019S CO-OPERATIVE PUBLISHING COMPANY.\u00a0 Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 68-30931<\/b><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[3]:\u00a0\u00a0Ballantine\u2019s Law Dictionary <\/a><\/b><\/span><\/strong>Legal Assistant Edition<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em>
\nby Jack Ballantine\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/strong>(James Arthur 1871-1949).\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/em>Doctored<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/em>by\u00a0Jack G. Handler,\u00a0J.D.<\/a>\u00a0\u00a9 1994 Delmar by Thomson Learning.\u00a0 ISBN 0-8273-4874-6.<\/b><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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