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A formal accusation that turns a name into a defendant before a single fact is proven.
means A formal written charge, usually issued by a grand jury, that accuses someone of a crime and starts the criminal case against them.
from From the Old French enditer, 'to declare, dictate, write down,' which traces back to Latin indictare, 'to proclaim or declare,' from in- plus dictare, 'to dictate' (a frequentative of dicere, 'to say'). So an indictment is literally something dictated and set down in writing — an accusation made official by being spoken into the record. The silent 'c' is a later flourish: scholars re-spelled the word to flaunt its Latin roots, even though it was never pronounced.
- grand jury
- A famous saying: prosecutors could indict a ham sandwich
- latin root
- From dictare, to declare or proclaim aloud
- silent c
- The c is purely decorative, never pronounced
- sealed type
- Some stay secret until the suspect is caught
- not guilt
- An indictment proves nothing, only triggers a trial
trump new york indictment — 34 felony counts related to hush money payments, manhattan da alvin bragg, april 2023
martha stewart indictment — 5 counts of conspiracy and obstruction in imclone insider trading case, 2003