See Also: TRUE BILL, practice(law)
BILL, TRUE(law)
BILL OF PARTICULARS, practice(law)
BILL 0F COST, practice(law)
STATING-PART OF A BILL, chancery practice(law)
BILL OF DEBT, BILL OBLIGATORY, contracts(law)
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true(1)(dictionary)
true conjugate(medicine)
true thirst(medicine)

TRUE BILL, practice (law)


TRUE BILL, practice. These words are endorsed on a bill of indictment, when a grand jury, after having heard the witnesses for the government, are of a grand jury, after having heard the witnesses for the government, are of opinion that there is sufficient cause to put the defendant on his trial. opinion that there is sufficient cause to put the defendant on his trial. Formerly, the endorsement was Billa vera, when legal proceedings were in Formerly, the endorsement was Billa vera, when legal proceedings were in Latin; it is still the practice to write on the back of the bill Ignoramus, Latin; it is still the practice to write on the back of the bill Ignoramus, when the jury do not find it to be a true bill. Vide Grand Jury. when the jury do not find it to be a true bill. Vide Grand Jury.