charge sheet
Formal criminal allegations
A charge sheet is an official document listing criminal charges against a person, used primarily in British and Commonwealth legal systems.
Police prepare it after arrest, detailing the accused's name, the offenses alleged, and relevant legal provisions: The charge sheet listed three counts of fraud.
In military contexts, it records disciplinary infractions.
Formal charge from jury
- arraignmentCharge-reading court session
- summonsFormal court notification
- affidavitSworn written statement
- docketCourt's case schedule
filing · complaint · information · presentment · accusation · specification · count · allegation
Charge-reading court session
- pleaFormal request or defense
- bailCourt-set release payment
- hearingPerceiving sound waves
- testimonySworn statement as evidence
evidence · witness · defense · prosecution · trial · magistrate · counsel · defendant
Assertion lacking proof
- imputationAscribing fault to another
- incriminationSuggesting someone's guilt
- blameAssign responsibility for wrongdoing
- countReckon a total
Preserved account or achievement
- registerRecord officially; vocal range
- logbookOfficial record of events
- docketCourt's case schedule
- transcriptVerbatim written account
police record · criminal record · arrest record · incident report · evidence log
indictment
Formal charge from jury
- arraignmentCharge-reading court session
- summonsFormal court notification
- affidavitSworn written statement
docket · filing · complaint · information · presentment · accusation · specification · count · allegation · police report
arraignment
Charge-reading court session
testimony · evidence · witness · defense · prosecution · trial · magistrate · counsel · defendant · verdict
allegation
Assertion lacking proof
- imputationAscribing fault to another
- incriminationSuggesting someone's guilt
- blameAssign responsibility for wrongdoing
count · specification · offense · complaint · formal accusation
record
Preserved account or achievement
transcript · police record · criminal record · arrest record · incident report · evidence log
- criminal chargesarson, burglary, homicide, kidnapping, robbery
- arraignmentplea, not guilty plea, guilty plea, bail setting, bail hearing
- pretrial proceedingspreliminary hearing, preliminary hearings, pretrial hearing, pretrial detention, arraignment
- official documentsbirth certificate, marriage certificate, death certificate, passport, driver's license
- court recordscourt documents, court transcripts, court records, court cases, court record
- legal documentscontract, affidavit, deed, will, subpoena
charge sheetacquittal
Formal clearing of charges
verdict · dismissal · conviction · sentence · judgment
charge sheetclean record
Absence of prior offenses
exoneration · vindication · no-bill · clean slate · pardon
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