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true bill
noun
- a bill of indictment endorsed by a grand jury as being sufficiently supported by evidence to justify a hearing of the case.
true bill
noun
- criminal law (formerly in Britain; now only US) the endorsement made on a bill of indictment by a grand jury certifying it to be supported by sufficient evidence to warrant committing the accused to trial
Word History and Origins
Origin of true bill1
Example Sentences
The so-called “true bill” against Kerrick followed a decision by a separate grand jury the week before not to indict him.
The same evidence which had before been given was now repeated, and a true bill was returned.
If so, then it is probably a lie: if not, then probably it is a true bill.
But to Mr. Grantley Berkeley, as foreman of the grand jury who found a true bill against me, I beg to draw your attention.
Therefore Trewlove is certainly an impudent scoundrel, and any grand jury would bring in a true bill against him for a swindler.
On the following Monday a true bill was returned by the Grand Jury against the seven persons charged with riot.
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