In-dict'ment, n.

(in-dĭt'ment), n.

1. The act of indicting, or the state of being indicted.
2. A written accusation, or formal charge of a crime, preferred to a court by a grand jury under oath; hence, an accusation in general.

*Here is the indictment of the good Lord Hastings, Which in a set hand fairly is engrossed.* Shak.