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What essential legal term refers to a formal, written accusation issued by a grand jury that charges a person with a serious crime?

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Despite its tricky spelling with a silent "c," an indictment (pronounced in-DITE-ment) doesn't establish actual guilt; it simply means a grand jury found enough "probable cause" for a trial. The Fifth Amendment guarantees this process for federal felonies to protect citizens from baseless, unchecked accusations. Because these secret proceedings are largely controlled by prosecutors without defense attorneys present, former New York Chief Judge Sol Wachtler famously joked that a grand jury could "indict a ham sandwich.

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