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• no bill
  no bill

  noun

  a failure to indict.
• no-bill
  no-bill

  verb (used with object)

  to fail to indict (a person).

no bill

¹ American  

noun

Law.

1. a failure to indict.

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no-bill ² American  

[noh-bil] / ˈnoʊˌbɪl /

verb (used with object)

Law.

1. to fail to indict (a person).

   The grand jury no-billed the two officers in the slaying.

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Example Sentences

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no bill no-bill

“We’d rather have no bill than a bad bill,” Armstrong said in a post on X at the time.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026

"We'd rather have no bill than a bad bill," Armstrong wrote on X.

From Barron's ● Jan. 27, 2026

Lawyers for both men have lodged a no bill application, which argues neither men have a case to answer.

From BBC ● Nov. 17, 2025

Although no bill or official schedule for a law exists yet, experts believe one will be passed within the next two years.

From New York Times ● Jan. 5, 2022

Then he left without paying the bill, because no bill was, or would ever be, brought to a scythe.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman

The local district attorney's office confirmed in June 2025 "the grand jury voted a no-bill, which means there will be no criminal charges related to the death".

From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026

The local district attorney's office confirmed "the grand jury voted a no-bill, which means there will be no criminal charges related to the death".

From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2025

By contrast, the city of Austin’s no-bill rate for the same crime was 13 percent.

From Washington Post

Journalist Tim Madigan at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram caught up with Johnson during his own investigation into Tarrant’s no-bill rates and incorporated her findings.

From Washington Post

But the doctor of the Dabney House needed no epidemic to keep him occupied, so acceptable was his no-bill custom--still maintained--to the unwell laity of the vicinage.

From V. V.'s Eyes by Harrison, Henry Sydnor