Definition of True bill

1. Noun. An indictment endorsed by a grand jury.

Generic synonyms: Bill Of Indictment, Indictment

Lexicographical Neighbors of True Bill

true-life
true-love-knot
true-name
true-or-false
true-pennies
true-penny
true-to-life(a)
true-up
true aneurysm
true ankylosis
true anomaly
true bacteria
true believer
true believer syndrome
true believers
true bill (current term)
true blackberry
true blue
true bug
true bugs
true cat
true cedar
true cementoma
true cholinesterase
true colours
true density
true diverticulum
true dwarf
true dwarfism

Literary usage of True bill

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1913)
"On this Indictment the grand Jury made the following finding: "true bill for ... He moved in arrest of judgment on the ground that no true bill was ever ..."

2. Of Toronto the Good, a Social Study: The Queen City of Canada as it is by Christopher St. George Clark (1898)
"B. Blackburn, rape, true bill. Queen v. George Brown and Richard Sadler, removing marks from stamps, true bill Queen v Harry May, robbery from the person ..."

3. History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Death of Elizabeth by James Anthony Froude (1862)
"At length sufficient evidence A true bill was obtained. On the 26th of June, a true bill against sir w&s found against him by the Grand Jury of Middlesex; ..."

4. History of the Commonwealth and Protectorate, 1649-1656 by Samuel Rawson Gardiner (1903)
"The first day's proceedings took place before the grand jury, A true bill and in the end a true bill was found, though if the report made by ..."

5. Extracts from the Diary of Jacob Hiltzheimer: Of Philadelphia. 1765-1798 by Jacob Hiltzheimer, Jacob Cox Parsons (1893)
"We brought in a true bill against one Stackhouse and four negroes, who robbed William Ball's house, ... The jury found a true bill against GB, JB, and NG, ..."

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