How to Use true bill in a Sentence

true bill

noun
  • The Court docketed the two-count true bill as the operative indictment.
    Jacob Rosen, CBS News, 21 Nov. 2025
  • So to see a grand jury fail to return true bills multiple times over the past couple of months is remarkable and unprecedented.
    John E. Jones Iii, The Conversation, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Grand jurors returned a true bill of indictment last week, agreeing there was sufficient evidence to move forward.
    Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • The case was later presented to a criminal grand jury in Stockton, which returned a true bill of indictment.
    Cecilio Padilla, CBS News, 16 Mar. 2026
  • The Grand Jury of Catawba County reviewed the case on Tuesday and issued a true bill indictment that charged Reep with the aforementioned 10 counts.
    Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Sep. 2025

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