Instruction
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
In french criminal law. ‘The first process of a criminal prosecution. It includes the examination of the ac cused, the preliminary interrogation of witnesses, collateral investigations, the gathering of evidence, the reduction of the whole to order, and the preparation of a document containing a detailed statement of the case, to serve us a brief for the prosecuting officers, and to furnish material for the indictment.