indictably

adv

indictably

adv

Etymology From indictable + -ly.

1

Law Subject to indictment.

  • Counsel for the accused opposed the application submitting that such an application could be made only where a defendant had either been proceeded against summarily and elected trial by jury, or where proceedings had been laid indictably and a defendant had been committed for trial.2003, The Abridgement of New Zealand Case Law, number 5, page 358:

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