Definition of: indictment

(in·dīt′mənt) noun
1. The act of indicting, or the state of being indicted; formal charge or accusation in general.
2. A formal written charge of crime, preferred at the suit of the government and presented by a grand jury on oath to the court in which it is impaneled, as the basis for trial of the accused; the legal document itself. [<AF enditement]