Legal Definition and Related Resources of Indict
Meaning of Indict
Synonyms of Indict
verb
- accusare
- accuse
- blame
- bring a formal accusation against
- call to account
- charge
- charge with offense
- charge with the commission of a crime
- formally charge
- formally charge with a crime
- implicate
- incriminate
- inculpate
- lodge a complaint
- make formal accusation against
- nomen deferre
- prefer charges
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Grammar
This term is a verb.
Etimology of Indict
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formerly also endict, c. 1300, enditen, inditen, “bring formal charges against (someone); accuse of a crime,” from Anglo-French enditer “accuse, indict, find chargeable with a criminal offense” (late 13c.), Old French enditier, enditer “to dictate, write, compose; (legally) indict,” from Vulgar Latin *indictare “to declare, accuse, proclaim in writing,” from in- “in” (see in- (2)) + Latin dictare “to say, compose in words” (see dictate (verb)). Later 14c. non-legal senses “write, compose (a poem, etc.); dictate” have gone with the older form, endite (q.v.). Retained its French pronunciation after the spelling was re-Latinized c. 1600. The sense is perhaps partly confused with Latin indicare “to point out.” In classical Latin, indictus meant “not said, unsaid” (from in- “not”). Related: Indictable; indicted; indicting.
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