Billa vera
BILLA VERA, practice. When the proceedings of the courts were recorded in
Latin, and the grand jury found a bill of indictment to be supported by the
evidence, they indorsed on it billa vera; now they indorse in plain English
" a true bill."
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier. Published 1856.
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