Accusation
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
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.