indictably
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From indictable + -ly.
Adverb
[edit]indictably (not comparable)
- (law) Subject to indictment.
- 2003, The Abridgement of New Zealand Case Law, number 5, page 358:
- 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.