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indictably

indictably adverb: subject to indictment.

Adverb

indictably (not comparable)

  1. 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

Origin of indictably

From indictable + -ly.

Questions about indictably

What does indictably mean?
Indictably means subject to indictment.
What part of speech is indictably?
Indictably is an adverb.

Words near indictably in the dictionary

  1. indict a ham sandwich
  2. indictability
  3. indictable
  4. indictable offence
  5. indictable offences
  6. indictably
  7. indicted
  8. indicted a ham sandwich
  9. indictee
  10. indictees
  11. indicter

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