True Bill

True Bill
"Legal Lexicon":
TRUE BILL - These words are endorsed on a bill of indictment, when a grand jury, after having heard the witnesses for the government, are of opinion that there is sufficient cause to put the defendant on his trial. Formerly, the endorsement was Billa vera, when legal proceedings were in Latin; it is still the practice to write on the back of the bill Ignoramus, when the jury do not find it to be a true bill.
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  • true bill — see bill 3b Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. true bill …   Law dictionary

  • true bill — true′ bill′ n. law a bill of indictment in which a grand jury indicates that a hearing of the case is justified • Etymology: 1760–70 …   From formal English to slang

  • true bill — n. a bill of indictment endorsed by a grand jury as supported by evidence sufficient to warrant a trial …   English World dictionary

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  • true bill — 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 …   Ballentine's law dictionary

  • true bill — a bill of indictment endorsed by a grand jury as being sufficiently supported by evidence to justify a hearing of the case. Cf. no bill. [1760 70] * * * …   Universalium

  • true bill — noun Date: 1766 a bill of indictment endorsed by a grand jury as warranting prosecution of the accused …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • true bill — noun US Law a bill of indictment found by a grand jury to be supported by sufficient evidence to justify prosecution …   English new terms dictionary

  • A true bill — 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.]… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • A true bill — True True (tr[udd]), a. [Compar. {Truer} (tr[udd] [ e]r); superl. {Truest}.] [OE. trewe, AS. tre[ o]we faithful, true, from tre[ o]w fidelity, faith, troth; akin to OFries. triuwe, adj., treuwa, n., OS. triuwi, adj., trewa, n., D. trouw, adj. & n …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • no true bill — n: no bill at bill 3b Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …   Law dictionary

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