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indictable offence

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.32 in modern English

Syllables
in-dictable of-fence
IPA
30
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An offence which can only be tried on an indictment after a preliminary hearing to determine whether there is a prima facie case to answer or by a grand jury, in contrast to a summary offence.

Australian usage; Canadian usage; British usage

Usage

Inflected Forms

indictable offences (plural)

Questions

What does indictable offence mean?
An offence which can only be tried on an indictment after a preliminary hearing to determine whether there is a prima facie case to answer or by a grand jury, in contrast to a summary offence.

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