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indictable offense n. a crime (offense) for which a grand jury rules that there is enough evidence to charge defendant with a felony (a crime punishable by death or a term in the state penitentiary). These crimes include murder, manslaughter, rape, kidnaping, grand theft, robbery, burglary, arson, conspiracy, fraud, and other major crimes, as well as attempts to commit them. (See: indictment)

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Brief for the Petitioners circulation Common scold crime felony impeachment indictment Opinion of the Supreme Court of Alabama, August 30, 1962 Opinion of the Supreme Court, January 22, 1973 Opinion of the Supreme Court, March 9, 1964			Even the obsessive Ken Starr could not find a single indictable offense involving Whitewater of which Clinton was guilty. Tilting at windmills by Peters, Charles / Washington Monthly Libby's prosecution and conviction in the context of the investigation into a CIA leak that precipitated it: The wide-ranging investigation found no indictable offenses by the columnist who revealed the identity of former undercover operative Valerie Plame, nor by the Washington insider who supplied the information. Libby's luck; Lone conviction in CIA case avoids prison by Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA) Under the new law, individuals or companies may be found guilty of an indictable offense. Document destruction a crime in Victoria by Swartz, Nikki / Information Management Journal			India partner sends good without authorization Indian Child Welfare Act Indian tribe Indiana Indians indicant indicare indicate indicate beforehand indicate willingness indicated indicating indicating difference indication indication of contents indications indicative indicator indicatory indice indicia indicium indict indict for maladministration indictable indictable offense indicted indicter Indiction indictment Indictment for trafikking cocaine Indictor indifference indifference to act indifferent indifferent to suffering indigen indigence indigene indigenous indigent indignant indignant aversion indignation indignity indignus indiligence indirect indirect comment indirect evidence indirect hint			indices Indices (maths) Indices de Precios de Consumo Armonizados indices in epidemiology indices in epidemiology indices in epidemiology indicia indicia Indicial calculus Indicial equation Indicial polynomial Indicible indicium indicium Indicizzato Indicolite Indicolite indicolites indicolites Indicom indict indict indict indict for indict for maladministration indictability indictable indictable indictable Indictable offence indictable offense indicted indicted indicted indictee indictee indictees indictees indicter indicter indicters indicters indicting indicting indiction indiction Indiction cycle Indiction cycle indictions indictions Indictive indictment indictment indictment indictment Indictment (law) Indictment (law) Indictment (law) Indictment for trafikking cocaine Indictments Indictments

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