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Accusation

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-005300

A formal charge or statement alleging that a person has committed an offense or wrongdoing. In criminal law, an accusation can be made by a grand jury through an indictment or by a prosecutor through an information. It initiates the legal process against the accused.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-005300
FieldLaw
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-LAW-005300",
  "term": "Accusation",
  "field": "Law",
  "definition": "A formal charge or statement alleging that a person has committed an offense or wrongdoing. In criminal law, an accusation can be made by a grand jury through an indictment or by a prosecutor through an information. It initiates the legal process against the accused.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/accusation/"
}

Record 85 of 5,445 in Law terminology (MLC-0107). Request the full dataset.