no-bill

[ noh-bil ]
/ ˈnoʊˌbɪl /

verb (used with object) Law.

to fail to indict (a person): The grand jury no-billed the two officers in the slaying.

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no bill

noun Law.

a failure to indict.
Compare true bill.
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