TRUE BILL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does true bill mean? 

• TRUE BILL (noun)
  The noun TRUE BILL has 1 sense:

1. an indictment endorsed by a grand jury

  Familiarity information: TRUE BILL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRUE BILL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An indictment endorsed by a grand jury

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("true bill" is a kind of...):

bill of indictment; indictment (a formal document written for a prosecuting attorney charging a person with some offense)

 Context examples 

“Madam,” replied Mr. Micawber, “it is a true bill.”

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)