true bill

noun

: a bill of indictment endorsed by a grand jury as warranting prosecution of the accused

Examples of true bill in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Now greater accountability around no true bills might help dissuade further chicanery by prosecutors. — Quinta Jurecic, The Atlantic, 11 June 2026

That grand jury eventually returned a true bill charging all six defendants with felony conspiracy and a misdemeanor count of impeding the agent. — Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 9 June 2026

On Monday, May 4, the Alaska Department of Law stated that grand jurors had returned true bills against Rehder, per Alaska's News Source. — Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 5 May 2026

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

Word History

First Known Use

1616, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for true bill

• anthill
• backfill
• bluegill
• crossbill
• distil
• distill
• downhill
• dunghill
• foothill
• fulfil
• fulfill
• goodwill

Legal Definition

true bill

see also:

bill sense 3b