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单词 true bill
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true bill

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noun

a bill of indictment endorsed by a grand jury as being sufficiently supported by evidence to justify a hearing of the case.
Compare no bill.

Origin of true bill

First recorded in 1760–70

Words nearby true bill

Trudy, true, true ankylosis, true anomaly, true believer, true bill, true blue, trueborn, truebred, true bug, true colors
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Example sentences from the Web for true bill

  • To-morrow a true-bill will be found against you, and your trial may then come on immediately.

    Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. XI.--April, 1851--Vol. II.|Various

British Dictionary definitions for true bill

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
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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