formal charges
Legally filed allegations
The phrase formal charges is often used as a single noun to designate the first official step in the prosecution of a crime, when a prosecutor files a document with a court that lays out the charges against the defendant.
Formal charge from jury
- arraignmentCharge-reading court session
- prosecutionPursuing legal charges
- defendantParty facing charges
- felonySerious criminal offense
misdemeanor · allegation · plea · bail · hearing · trial · verdict · conviction
Formal moving line
- invocationCalling upon higher authority
- inaugurationFormal beginning ceremony
- commencementAct of starting
- ordinationClergy appointment ceremony
coronation · regalia · pageantry · robes · investiture · swearing-in · installation · induction
Negative subatomic particle
- cationPositively charged ion
- anionNegatively charged ion
- valenceCombining power measure
- oxidationLosing electrons chemically
ionization · electrolyte · ion · proton · electronegativity · polarity · ionic · electrostatic
indictment
Formal charge from jury
- arraignmentCharge-reading court session
- prosecutionPursuing legal charges
- defendantParty facing charges
felony · misdemeanor · allegation · plea · bail · hearing · trial · verdict · conviction · acquittal
procession
Formal moving line
- invocationCalling upon higher authority
- inaugurationFormal beginning ceremony
- commencementAct of starting
ordination · coronation · regalia · pageantry · robes · investiture · swearing-in · installation · induction · rites
electron
Negative subatomic particle
oxidation · ionization · electrolyte · ion · proton · electronegativity · polarity · ionic · electrostatic · conductivity
- court proceedingstrial, arraignment, verdict, hearing, testimony
- criminal chargesarson, burglary, homicide, kidnapping, robbery
- impeachmentimpeachment, articles of impeachment, impeachment inquiry, high crimes, Senate trial
- prosecutionprosecutor, district attorney, DA, prosecution, public prosecutors
- pretrialarraignment, bail hearing, bond hearing, booking, first appearance
- official misconductmalfeasance, ethics violation, misconduct, misfeasance, nonfeasance
formal chargespreliminary investigation
Inquiry before formal proceedings
suspicion · under investigation · questioning · insufficient evidence
formal chargesexoneration
Official clearing of blame
charges dropped · acquittal · not guilty verdict · dismissal · case dismissed
formal, formals, formally, formality, formalities, formalize, formalized, formalizing, formalization