accusation

each factual element of the crime of which a defendant is accused.

A charge made to a competent officer against one who has committed a crime, so that he may be brought to justice and punishment A Dt may In some case* be considered a nor, or misprision (which see); 1 Brown, Civ. Law 847; 2 id. 889; Inst. lib. 4, tit. '18. It is a rule that no man Is bound to accuse himself or tc?tify against himself in a criminal case; 7 Q. B. 126. A man Is competent, though not compellable, to prove his own crime; 14 Mees. & W. 256. See Evidence; Interest; Witness.

The formal act of charging with the crime. to compel rendicurrent: an account an open account creditor's demand, deaccount rendered asif objection is not Accountable reaccount for the thing whose business it particular case. authority of, as of a by oath. v. Purgrow to; to pass to; to pass to or to to begin to have especially growth exercise; to exercise draw to, as with a delay. Aecrocher un right or thing passes or become due, existence, as a right of of the same sort; an additional judgupon expiration of Accumulative legacy: a Accusare nemo accuse himself, unless commission of a is not to be heard after explained his delay.

A formal charge against a person, to the effect that he is guilty ofa punishable offense, laid before a court or Magistrate having jurisdiction to inquire into the alleged crime. Accusator post rationabile tempus non 6st audiendus, nisi sae bene de omisgione excusaverit. Moore, 817. An accuser ought not to be heard after the expiration of a reasonable time, unless he can account satisfactorily for the delay.

crim. law. A charge made to a competent officer ayainst one who has committed a crime or misdemeanor so that he may be brought to justice and punishment. A neglect to accuse may in some cases be considered a misdemeanor, or misprision. (q. v.) 1 Bro. Civ. Law, 247; 2 Id. 389; Inst. lib. 4, tit. 18.