bill of particulars

American  

noun

Law.

1. a formal statement prepared by a plaintiff or a defendant itemizing a claim or counterclaim in a suit.

2. an itemized statement prepared by the prosecution and informing the accused of the charges in a criminal case.

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Etymology

Origin of bill of particulars

First recorded in 1855–60

Example Sentences

The past week I’ve talked to two historians, one rightish, one leftish, and both conversations turned toward Thomas Jefferson’s stinging bill of particulars against King George III in the Declaration of Independence.

From The Wall Street Journal

House Speaker Mike Johnson wrapped up this bill of particulars with a prediction during a press conference last week.

From The Wall Street Journal

The notice was accompanied by an 11-page bill of particulars, but they all boil down to two key purported offenses — that EcoHealth had missed a 2019 deadline for an annual report of its activities to NIH, and that work EcoHealth had funded in China had produced a recombinant version of a virus that grew fast enough to trigger a safety halt in the work.

From Los Angeles Times

After meeting Munger at a dinner party in Omaha in 1959, Buffett — then an ambitious but novice investor — said he quickly realized that there was “only one partner who fit my bill of particulars in every way: Charlie.”

From Los Angeles Times

However, that was only a part of the Democratic bill of particulars.

From Los Angeles Times