Indict

in-dif, v. (Law.) To charge with a crime, in due form of law, by the finding or presentment of a grand jury. [L. indicere, in dictum, to proclaim, Jr. wi and dicere, to say, speak.] — Indict''able, a. Capable, liable, or subject to, etc. — Indicfer, n. — Indicfment, _ n. Act of indicting, or state of being Indicator, indicted; written accusation, or formal charge of a crime, preferred to a court by a grand jury under oath; hence, an accusation in general. — Indicfor, -dr, n. (Law.) One who indicts. — Indication, -dik/ shun, n. (Chron.) A cycle of 15 years, instituted by Const an tine the Great, and substituted for Olympiads in reckoning time. [F. L. indictio, orig. an imposition of a tax, a cycle of tributes.] — Indicative, -dik'tiv, a. Proclaimed declared. Indifferent, Indignant, etc. See under Inability.