Accusation
Definition
1) Formally charging a person with a crime either by a prosecuting attorney filing charges against or through a grand jury indictment of that person. 2) Informally stating that a person has committed an illegal or immoral act.
Illustrative caselaw
See, e.g. Rothgery v. Gillespie County, Tex., 554 U.S. 191 (2008) and U.S. v. Patterson, 150 U.S. 65 (1893).
See also
Definition from Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary
A formal assertion, by a prosecuting attorney, that a defendant has committed an illegal act.
Definition provided by Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary.
August 19, 2010, 5:10 pm
