单词 | indicter |
释义 | indictern. One who indicts, a formal accuser. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > accusation, allegation, or indictment > [noun] > one who accuses of crime > indicter diter1303 indictera1500 1292 Britton i. v. §8 Ay presumpcioun de ly et de touz mes enditours, qe, etc. [I presume of him and all my indicters, that, etc.].] a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xx. 228 All fals indydytars [read indytars], Questmangers and iurers..Ar welcom to my sight. 1533 T. More Apol. xl, in Wks. 908/2 Thendightours maye haue euidence geuen them a part, or haue heard of the matter ere they came there. a1535 T. More Wks. (R.) 987 (R.) Maister More saith yet further that vpon indightmentes at Sessions the indighters vse not to shewe ye names of them that gaue them informacion. 1622 F. Bacon Hist. Raigne Henry VII 146 (R.) In them [king's suite]..there passeth a double jurie, the indictors, and the tryors. 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. ix. 184 By Law no man may be Accuser, and Witness; Inditer and Jurer. 1872 Daily News 5 Oct. 5 [He] has been accused..of plagiarism, and occasionally proofs positive have been furnished by his indicters. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1500 |
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