The action of indicting or accusing, a formal accusation; spec. in English Law, the legal process in which a formal accusation is preferred to and…

intransitive. To bring (a legal matter) before a court or other judicial authority. Obsolete.

intransitive. To make an accusation or accusations; to apportion blame.

transitive. Law. To bring forward (an allegation, pleading, etc.) in a cause. Also intransitive. Cf. propone, v. 1. Obsolete.

Law. intransitive. To institute, conduct, or pursue legal proceedings against someone; to be prosecutor in some legal action.

intransitive. To call into question the integrity or validity of; to challenge, accuse; = to call upon —— 6 at phrasal verbs 2. Obsolete.

Law. English Law. Originally: a complaint or charge presented to a court or magistrate in order to institute (routine) criminal proceedings…

absol. or intransitive. To bring a charge.