Part 5752

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To write; to compose; to dictate; to indite.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To appoint publicly or by authority; to proclaim or announce.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>I am told shall have no Lent <b>indicted</b> this year. <i>Evelyn.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>To charge with a crime, in due form of law, by the finding or presentment of a grand jury; to find an indictment against; <as>as, to <ex>indict</ex> a man for arson</as>. It is the peculiar province of a grand jury to <i>indict</i>, as it is of a house of representatives to <i>impeach</i>.</def>

<h1>Indictable</h1> <Xpage=752>

<hw>In*dict"a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Capable of being, or liable to be, indicted; subject to indictment; <as>as, an <ex>indictable</ex> offender or offense</as>.</def>

<h1>Indictee</h1> <Xpage=752>

<hw>In`dict*ee"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>A person indicted.</def>

<h1>Indicter</h1> <Xpage=752>

<hw>In*dict"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who indicts.</def>

<h1>Indiction</h1> <Xpage=752>

<hw>In*dic"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>indictio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>indiction</ets>. See <er>Indict</er>, <er>Indite</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Declaration; proclamation; public notice or appointment.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "<i>Indiction</i> of a war."

<i>Bacon.</i>

<blockquote>Secular princes did use to indict, or permit the <b>indiction</b> of, synods of bishops. <i>Jer. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A cycle of fifteen years.</def>

<note>&hand; This mode of reckoning time is said to have been introduced by Constantine the Great, in connection with the payment of tribute. It was adopted at various times by the Greek emperors of Constantinople, the popes, and the parliaments of France. Through the influence of the popes, it was extensively used in the ecclesiastical chronology of the Middle Ages. The number of indictions was reckoned at first from 312 <sc>a. d.</sc>, but since the twelfth century it has been reckoned from the birth of Christ. The papal indiction is the only one ever used at the present day. To find the indiction and year of the indiction by the first method, subtract 312 from the given year <sc>a. d.</sc>, and divide by 15; by the second method, add 3 to the given year <sc>a. d.</sc>, and the divide by 15. In either case, the quotient is the number of the current indiction, and the remainder the year of the indiction. See <cref>Cycle of indiction</cref>, under <er>Cycle</er>.</note>

<h1>Indictive</h1> <Xpage=752>

<hw>In*dic"tive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>indictivus</ets>. See <er>Indict</er>.]</ety> <def>Proclaimed; declared; public.</def>

<i>Kennet.</i>

<h1>Indictment</h1> <Xpage=752>

<hw>In*dict"ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Inditement</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of indicting, or the state of being indicted.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>The formal statement of an offense, as framed by the prosecuting authority of the State, and found by the grand jury.</def>

<note>&hand; To the validity of an indictment a finding by the grand jury is essential, while an information rests only on presentation by the prosecuting authority.</note>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>An accusation in general; a formal accusation.</def>

<cs><col>Bill of indictment</col>. <cd>See under <er>Bill</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Indictor</h1> <Xpage=752>