An "indictment" is the written statement of a grand jury accusing a person therein named of some act or omission which, by law, is declared to be an offense.
Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 21.01
"INDICTMENT"
Acts 1965, 59th Leg., p. 317, ch. 722, Sec. 1, eff
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