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A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States · John Bouvier · 1839
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
Eng. crim. law. Is the accusation, in a legal form, of a person for a crime by him committed; or, it is the lawful declaration of another man’s crime, before a competent judge, by one who sets his name to the declaration, and undertakes to prove it, upon the penalty which may ensue thereon.
Vide Co. Litt. 123, b. 287, b.