Indictment

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Middle English enditement, inditement, from Anglo-Norman French enditement, from enditer (see indict).

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18th-century Latinized respelling of Middle English endytement(“action of accusing”), from Anglo-Norman enditement, from enditer, from Late Latin indictāre, from Latin indictus.

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indictment (n.)

formerly also endictment, c. 1300, endytement "action of accusing," from Anglo-French and Old French enditement, from enditer "accuse, indict" (see indict). Meaning "formal legal document containing a charge proved before a grand jury" is from c. 1500. Latin spelling restored 17c.