Accusation
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
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.