true bill
nounDefinition of true bill
: a bill of indictment endorsed by a grand jury as warranting prosecution of the accused
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All felony arrests go before a grand jury to either charge (true bill) or decline to charge (no bill) the suspect. — Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al.com, "Marshae Jones will not be tried for manslaughter in unborn baby’s death, DA says," 3 July 2019 All felony arrests go before a grand jury to either charge (true bill) or decline to charge (no bill) the suspect. — Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al.com, "Marshae Jones will not be tried for manslaughter in unborn baby’s death, DA says," 3 July 2019 All felony arrests go before a grand jury to either charge (true bill) or decline to charge (no bill) the suspect. — Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al.com, "Marshae Jones will not be tried for manslaughter in unborn baby’s death, DA says," 3 July 2019 All felony arrests go before a grand jury to either charge (true bill) or decline to charge (no bill) the suspect. — Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al.com, "Marshae Jones will not be tried for manslaughter in unborn baby’s death, DA says," 3 July 2019 All felony arrests go before a grand jury to either charge (true bill) or decline to charge (no bill) the suspect. — Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al.com, "Marshae Jones will not be tried for manslaughter in unborn baby’s death, DA says," 3 July 2019 All felony arrests go before a grand jury to either charge (true bill) or decline to charge (no bill) the suspect. — Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al.com, "Marshae Jones’ lawyers say arrest subjects victim of violence to more ‘distress and harm.’," 28 June 2019 Viale, a teacher, contends the Paris committee's $7.9 billion budget vastly underestimates the true bill and doesn't include the security tab. — Linda Hervieux, NBC News, "Paris Welcomes Morale Boost From 2024 Summer Olympic Games," 12 Sep. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'true bill.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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